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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.

Quote by Charles Babbage about concentration, difficulties, science, country

If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about pointless, contentment, question

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison, contentment

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about contentment

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about difficulties, beauty, poetry

It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about attention

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.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about conduct, faith, time

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about difficulties, film

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about books

Living in New York definitely makes it difficult to be in the movie business.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about affair

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...

Quote by Ansel Adams about philosophy, revelation, science, experience, history, art, magic, nature, spirit, world

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about poverty, wealth, people

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.

Quote by Douglas Adams about difficulties, conversation

Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo.

Quote by Derek Bailey about nation, people

It's difficult to destroy a good concert. The quality of the recording doesn't matter if it's a really good concert.

Quote by Derek Bailey about destruction, quality, good, good luck

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about work, things, contentment

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

Quote by Gerry Adams about courage, past, future, contentment

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about husband, time, reason, things, day

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about action

Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about habits, love