I Quotes
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“It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.”
“It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.”
“It is hard to produce work in New York. You kind of have to center yourself - do some Zen meditation exercises and just focus. It is very distracting, and money, of course, is an issue.”
“It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?”
“It is hard to quantify the value of name recognition, but Donald Trump has gone from fame to international mega-fame. That has to be gargantuan when your business is your name.”
“It is hard to quit smoking. Every one of them looks real good to me right about now. Every cigarette looks like it was made by God, rolled by Jesus and moistened shut with Claudia Schiffer's pussy.”
“It is hard to rationalise or explain why you love what you love. But I have always been interested in science and maths, and in high school I was struck that you could use maths to understand nature and science.”
“It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to society's 'problems.'”
“It is hard to remember.”
“Remember what?”
“All that goes into the making of any one moment we live. There are things one must try to remember. Do you know what is the hardest thing to remember?”
“No,” Adam said.
“Well, I’ll tell you, my son,” Aaron Blaustein said. “The hardest thing to remember is that other men are men.”
He leaned to set his cup down. “But that,” he said, “is the only way you can be a man yourself. Can be anything.”
Source: Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War
“It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.”
Source: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
“It is hard to remember the day it is today
For days that don’t shine
Sun-Day is hard to forget in my memory
For days that sunflowers”
“It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.”
Source: Ayala's Angel
“It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.”
“It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers, has been rather carefully thought out...The seemingly miraculous concurrence of these numerical values must remain the most compelling evidence for cosmic design.”
“It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable - it won't be just like the past.”
“It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.”
Source: Pre-Revolutionary Writings
“It is hard to say which is the greatest fool: he who tells the whole truth, or he who tells no truth at all. Character is as necessary in business as in trade. No man can deceive often in either.”
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.”
“It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.”
“It is hard to see how one could begin to develop a quantum-theoretical description of brain action when one might well have to regard the brain as "observing itself" all the time!”
Source: The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
“It is hard to see how scientific theories that don't correspond with reality and consequently don't work can benefit marginalized people, or anyone.”
“It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.”
“It is hard to see why we should not turn round and mistrust this very mistrust. Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?”
“It is hard to sell Congress and the American people on foreign aid. Is it harder to do that than it is to sell billionaires on the idea that they should give all their money away.”
“It is hard to separate the art from the artist.”
“It is hard to sever the cords that tie us to our slavery and leave intact those that bind us to ourselves.”
“It is hard to smash a computer when you're laughing.”
“It is hard to speak of sex without being clinical, brutal, or romantic.”
“It is hard to stay focused with so much swirling around me. God is distracting. He never stops talking, and I can never stop listening. There is a reason we sleep.”
Source: Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
“It is hard to stay patient about policy matters where everybody agrees about what needs to be done and then it just doesn't happen, like reforming the immigration system and getting rid of family immigration jails and closing Guantanamo and criminal-justice reform. All these issues, there is basically consensus. There's no rational objections whatsoever, but it can't happen because of other stupid steps we have to take in politics.”
“It is hard to steer oneself in the right direction when fear is at the helm.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“It is hard to stop a hopeful soul from the pursuit of passion.”
“It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being. It is hard to stop seeing your parents as parents and to start seeing them as human beings. It's a two-sided transition, and very few people manage it gracefully.”
Source: Two Boys Kissing
“It is hard to swear when sex is not dirty and blasphemy does not exist.”
“It is hard to talk about a middle ground for something that is a fundamental right.”
Source: The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad
“It is hard to talk about the importance of an imaginary hero. But heroes are important. Heroes tell us something about ourselves. History books tell us who we used to be, documentaries tell us who we are now... but heroes, tell us who we want to be. A lot of our heroes depress me. But when they made this particular hero, they didn't give him a gun, they gave him a screwdriver to fix things. They didn't give him a tank or a warship or a X-Wing Fighter, they gave him a phone box from which you can call for help. And they didn't give him a superpower, or pointy ears, or Heat Ray, they gave him an extra heart. They gave him two hearts and that is an extraordinary thing. There will never come a time when we don't need a hero like the Doctor.
- The Day of the Doctor Q&A”
“It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.”
Source: Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine [signed M.N.] 2 pt. [Another]
“It is hard to tell if capital punishment has such an effect. And even if, in some contexts it has (such as in the American South with a very high incidence of murder), this effect may very well go away if a decent welfare state was replaced for the existing social order.”
“It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to.”
“It is hard to tell where the MCC ends and the Church of England begins.”
“It is hard to tell your mother to change her life.”
“It is hard to think differently. To change your world, change your thoughts.”
“It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.”
“It is hard to think of any work of art of which one can say 'this saved the life of one Jew, one Vietnamese, one Cambodian'. Specific books, perhaps; but as far as one can tell, no paintings or sculptures. The difference between us and the artists of the 1920's is that they they thought such a work of art could be made. Perhaps it was a certain naivete that made them think so. But it is certainly our loss that we cannot.”
“It is hard to think of anything more vile than to intentionally desecrate the Body of Christ.”
“It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their aim.”
Source: After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World
“It is hard to think of conversion as a blinding light on the road to Damascus, or as a highly spiritual or intellectual process, when the light comes from a flickering television; the voice of the deity is Bishop Sheen and you have drilled your father on his catechism answers...I was troubled at a young age by the idea that pouring water over someone's head could change both his relationship to God.”
“It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.”
“It is hard to think of something as a gift when you have been tormented and imprisoned for it.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.”