#effort

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#effort #game #held #hollywood #lure

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. ↗

— Heraclitus

#character #created #day #develop #effort

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. ↗

— Herodotus

#almost #before #contrary #designs #efforts

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. ↗

— Herodotus

#concerted #effort #evil #greater #greater evil

It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene. ↗

— Kenny Hickey

#effort #end #goth #much #part

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#life #most #oneself #prevent #prolonged

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan. ↗

— James Inhofe

#bolster #community #continue #diplomatic #efforts

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort. ↗

— Terry Gilliam

#called #cambridge #certain #circus #come

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#effort #enjoy #folks #helping #into

My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education. ↗

— Gary Becker

#blacks #both #calculate #capital #different