“I shall devote all my efforts to bring light into the immense obscurity that today reigns in Analysis. It so lacks any plan or system, that one is really astonished that there are so many people who devote themselves to it - and, still worse, it is absolutely devoid of any rigor.” PeopleStillsLightTodayEffortPlansLogicCertaintyUncertaintyAnalysisReasoningImmenseReignObscurityOntologyRigor Author:Niels Henrik Abel
“Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.” PeopleMadeEffortHugeReformGreekMaking ChangesHogwash Author:George Papandreou
“Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.” PeopleWayWantCountryWantedOrderEffortImpossibleSolutionsOur CountryPeacefulNatoSerbia Author:Ibrahim Rugova
“All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.” PeopleWorldYearsMadeWarEffortProgressMankindProsperityConvincedPreservesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IContributingThrough The Years Author:Eisaku Sato
“I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.” PeopleWellsMadeReadingLiteratureEffortFictionSeriousOne DayDecidedScience FictionMagazines Author:Fred Saberhagen
“Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are no longer alone, they have an investment in critical praise, and they think they must protect it. This leads to a diffusion of effort. The writer watches himself as he works. He grows more subtle and he pays for it by loss of organic dash.” PeopleThinkingWritingSelfEyeGrowsLossEffortPayWatchesWrittenHabitProtectConsciousPraiseInvestmentCriticalSubtleSelf ConsciousThrough The EyesDiffusion Book:Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler Source: Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler
“The largest single contributor to Iraq's security is that effort of Iraqi people who continue to step forward to join the various Iraqi security forces.” PeopleForceEffortStepsSecurityIraqVariousSteps ForwardContributorsSecurity Forces Author:Craig L. Thomas
“For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.” PeoplePoorEffortObjectsProgramWelfareReasonableLegislationPoor PeopleWelfare Programs Author:Barney Frank