The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
For me, the most important thing that I have to accomplish is to be a good father. That's the most difficult challenge of my life. That's the most important thing for me, more than films.
The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.
One thing we didn't know in 1996 is that it's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to sustain a culture with online advertising.
It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.
Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.
Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.
It's a very wonderful yet difficult thing to be given a lot of really good opportunities and the world is at your fingertips.
It is science, and not religion, which has taught men that things are complex and difficult to understand.
Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thing in the world.
The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult.
They should know that just because things get difficult, it's no reason to believe God is on vacation.
It's very difficult to think of new ways to blow things up!
I think storytelling is a thing of beauty, and also very difficult. It's a craft you have to continue to work at.
For me, the most interesting thing is longevity and sustaining a career, because that's what's truly difficult.
I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
I always find it particularly difficult to work in New York because there are so many things to do.
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.