Arduous Quotations

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.

Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.

Writing one's first novel, getting it sold, and shepherding it through the labyrinths of editing, production, marketing, journalism, and social media is an arduous and nerve-wracking process.

I'm not sure filming a birth is as hard as actual labour, but it's a really long, arduous day!

The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.

For much of their history, life for most people in China was arduous and circumscribed - and people travelled as little as they could.

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

My concern is that Microsoft has introduced too much complexity, making more difficult the arduous purchase decision process. Microsoft is right to get information out earlier, because evaluating an Office purchase will be much harder for businesses this release cycle compared to Office 2003 or XP.

I don't think it's coming to any resolution. It's continuing down this very slow and arduous path.

I think that?s the end-game, the Holy Grail. Where you can electronically sit down at any PC in the hospital and find a way in to determine which set of instruments was used on Mrs. Jones? hip surgery last August. On paper that?s an arduous process at best, maybe impossible.

It has been a long and arduous process. We are happy to have reached a fair settlement.

We have a long and difficult road ahead. By taking these actions now, Congress will send an important message that the hurricane victims will not be left behind and lay the groundwork for the arduous collective task before us.

We have had an arduous four months where we've been tested under fire and we're looking forward to bringing this group of 20 athletes together to make the final push. As Americans we all know what the objective is and this group of athletes gives us the best chance of accomplishing that goal.

Web design is a complex and sometimes arduous process that requires deep knowledge in design, usability, etc.. ReInvention will guide everyone through the process, with a detailed explanation of each stage. We hope that many people will find the project interesting enough to participate. To make the project even more compelling, we will do all the hard work for free.

We've had an arduous three months. It's been very, very difficult on the family and all of the friends, and obviously all the people around the world.

Flying from L.A. to India is an arduous undertaking. I regard myself more as a trans-Atlantic citizen than an Indian.

This budget process has been long and arduous over the past five months, and I would like to move forward and concentrate on looking ahead for the district.

This is going to be a long, arduous process. It's not going away.

I learned that picking crabs is a very arduous process,

I'm interested in making something that moves quickly, that hopefully is compelling minute-by-minute but really packed densely with exploration. I'm very interested in how re-visitable we can make films. If we can get them closer to a music album, then it's not such an arduous process to revisit, and exploration can be a bit more cryptic.

It was a difficult and arduous task that he accepted without fanfare.

International experience shows that improvement in banks' internal mechanism is vital for improving their vitality, but it's still an arduous and long task.

The Turin Olympics made us further realize that to develop winter sports is a long-drawn and arduous task. Since we have achieved satisfactory results in the foreign-coached events, such as the freestyle aerials and cross-country skiing, we are considering inviting more high-level foreign coaches to help us in the future.

The naming of this 23-man roster is the end of a long and arduous process. Today, a new journey begins as we start final preparations for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. As usual, we will not make any bold statements or predictions. However, I can assure everyone that the team that steps on the field on June 12 against the Czech Republic will be a team that all Americans will be proud of.

It's such arduous duty physically and mentally that you can't ask people to spend too long there.

It's so much work to get tenure, it's hard to imagine that more than a tiny minority of people would somehow make it through that incredibly arduous process and then decide to flake out on their whole career,

It's a very arduous task. We've had a lot of rain in Oklahoma lately. The streams and the river itself is swollen. The current is very, very swift -- which, in turn, has made the water very murky.

We are undergoing an arduous self-imposed design process to ensure we adopt international best practices in areas like ecological conservation, energy use and waste management before we sign the final Implementation Agreement with the state government.

It's been a very long, arduous road back for her. But in the last month, we've seen what we always expected from Pam.

Thus supported by a firm trust in the Great Arbiter of the Universe, aided by the collected wisdom of the Union, and imploring the divine benediction on our joint exertions in the service of our country, I readily engage with you in the arduous but p

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.