#difficult

It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#become #believe #conduct #difficult #habitual

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#art #beyond #define #depths #difficult

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

#before #courage #difficulties #disappear #into

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende. ↗

— Erich Auerbach

#difficult #forced #historians #history #make

It's a very wonderful yet difficult thing to be given a lot of really good opportunities and the world is at your fingertips. ↗

— Troian Bellisario

#difficult #difficult thing #fingertips #given #good

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#difficult #first #front #getting #given

After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#author #becomes #been #book #dead

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#better #campaign #campaign finance #candidates #difficult

I find it difficult to believe that words have no meaning in themselves, hard as I try. Habits of a lifetime are not lightly thrown aside. ↗

— Stuart Chase

#believe #difficult #find #habits #hard

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them. ↗

— Glenn Close

#hear #i #i think #oh #somebody