Quotes about Elusive

Don't Let the Elusive Present Moment Get Used Up by Thoughts that Aren't in the Here & Now Votes: 4

The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone. Votes: 4

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Votes: 4

Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away. Votes: 4

An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding. Votes: 4

One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full. Votes: 4

What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose. Votes: 4

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road. Votes: 4

Elusive dreams and vague desires fanned to fiery needs by deadly deeds of falling empires. Votes: 3

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive. Votes: 2

Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns. Votes: 2

Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country. Votes: 2

Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy. Votes: 2

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive. Votes: 2

Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive. Votes: 2

Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans. Votes: 2

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken. Votes: 2

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game. Votes: 2

Mysteriously, as elusive as it is, this moment--where the eye is what it sees, where the heart is what it feels--this moment shows us that what is real is sacred Votes: 2

I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff. Votes: 2

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all. Votes: 2

Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?' Votes: 2

Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles. Votes: 2

Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles. Votes: 2

Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as the natural response of a healthy mind and healthy heart. Votes: 2

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. Votes: 2

Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth offered Mary the loyal, steadfast friendship she craved but had always found so elusive. Votes: 2

I have heard nothing from my friends at The Family Guy. Yeah, I heard that they got picked up again and all that good stuff, but I haven't heard anything yet. But, you know, I'm very elusive and hard to contact. Votes: 2

For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life. Votes: 2

If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter. Votes: 2

In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our tiny minds can't possibly comprehend Him. If we find ourselves comprehending Him, then we can be sure we're off track. Votes: 2

The trouble is now, with rock'n'roll and stuff, it gets so big that it loses what once upon a time was a magnificent thing, where it was special and quite elusive and occasionally a little sinister and it had its own world nobody could get in. Votes: 2

Looking back, I can see that the women I loved, at least early on, were status symbols. I suppose, in that sense, I was my mother's true disciple. She'd taught me that a good man, though elusive, could transform one's whole life once he was caught. Votes: 2

We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around. Votes: 2

There are few industries as defiantly opaque as shipping. Even offshore bankers have not developed a system as intricately elusive as the flag of convenience, under which ships can fly the flag of a state that has nothing to do with its owner, cargo, crew, or route. Votes: 2

We've forgotten how to remember, and just as importantly, we've forgotten how to pay attention. So, instead of using your smartphone to jot down crucial notes, or Googling an elusive fact, use every opportunity to practice your memory skills. Memory is a muscle, to be exercised and improved. Votes: 2

Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self -- to the mediating intellect-- as to verge close to being beyond description. It thus remains nearly incomprehensible to those who have not experienced it in its extreme mode. Votes: 2

It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling through emotional entanglements, sudden irrational convictions, involuntary gleams of insight, rationalized prejudices, and blocks of panic and inertia, finally to reach a completely incommunicable intuition. Votes: 2

Why do alcoholics begin down the same hazardous road day after day? They are in search of that elusive window of well-being that opens when you drink your way out of a hangover and aren't yet drunk all over again. The alcoholic's day consists of trying to keep that window open. Votes: 2

I wanted to find something I was passionate about, something with the possibility of upward movement, and I wanted freedom. I need to be outside living life, not stuck in an office. I figured I could either be out selling condos in Miami, or I could move to L.A. and chase after that elusive actor's job. Votes: 2

The value of work, and of always learning something new, and what it takes to achieve excellence. I really believe in those things that you have to dedicate yourself and spend time, that excellence is elusive. It's a little maddening, to try to have that level of discipline in your life, and I don't succeed all the time. But I do try. Votes: 2

There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we keep on meaning to do something interesting, but never do it, year would follow year with no special thoughtfulness being expressed in making gifts, surprises, charming table settings, and familiar, favorite food. Tradition is a good gift intended to guard the best gifts. Votes: 2

Everything in life is elusive. Votes: 0

Depression...so mysteriously painful and elusive... Votes: 0

The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge. Votes: 0

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity? Votes: 0

I am crying over the elusive nature of love. Votes: 0

She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. Votes: 0

Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive. Votes: 0

Whatever you want is as elusive as you make it. Votes: 0

One's favorite book is as elusive as one's favorite pudding. Votes: 0

Happiness is the most elusive thing for human beings to find. Votes: 0

What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness! Votes: 0

the rainbow is elusive, and its colors but the illumination of tears ... Votes: 0

On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure. Votes: 0

Happiness can never be captured and is only elusive when it is chased after Votes: 0

My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe. Votes: 0

Serenity is a very elusive quality. I've been trying all my life to find it. Votes: 0

Fiction is too complicated and too elusive to break down into a set of tricks. Votes: 0

I finally figured out the big, elusive secret to weight loss. Don't eat! Who knew? Votes: 0

The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power. Votes: 0

Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult. Votes: 0

I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive. Votes: 0

This game is so elusive. You try to maintain the peaks and level up the valleys. Votes: 0

Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn. Votes: 0

In Henry they had a forward so elusive that he was almost unplayable at his peak Votes: 0

All your life you compare and contrast, explore and search. But knowing yourself well is, well, elusive. Votes: 0

I shared this idea that fashion starts with a movement, an allure: elusive, defined through perfect proportions. Votes: 0

I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken. Votes: 0

Truth in drama is elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive. Votes: 0

My eyes close and uncomprehendingly see the dream in the infinite space that stretches away, elusive, before me. Votes: 0

Truth is, I'm a good Catholic girl. The faith has always been elusive, but the guilt is intractable. Votes: 0

Men like to pursue an elusive woman like a cake of wet soap - even men who hate baths. Votes: 0

The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge and it is usually acquired laboriously through experience outside the classroom. Votes: 0

Happiness isn’t some elusive treasure we chase after. It’s a state of being we need to PRACTICE. Votes: 0

Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most. Votes: 0

If happiness were easy, everybody would feel it all the time, and it wouldn't seem like such an elusive prize. Votes: 0

It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive. Votes: 0

Well, the manhunt continues for that elusive evil mastermind, but I'm telling you Enron CEO Kenneth Lay remains at large. Votes: 0

Every business has two financial objectives: One is to make money; the other, more elusive, is to make money consistently. Votes: 0

.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive Votes: 0

Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin. Votes: 0

I'm not at my best when I moralize or philosophize. Logic is elusive, especially to one who so rarely uses it. Votes: 0

Besides, I've been feeling a little blue — just a pale, elusive azure. It isn't serious enough for anything darker. Votes: 0

The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear. Votes: 0

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith. Votes: 0

The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear. Votes: 0

Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you. Votes: 0

As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive. Votes: 0

Love is when there is no denying "it"...that magical, elusive feeling that really seizes us and takes us from the inside. Votes: 0

If we believe that the universe is unfriendly and that our very souls are in danger, peace will be elusive at best. Votes: 0

The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering. Votes: 0

Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player. Votes: 0

Good architecture is still the difficult, conscientious, creative, expressive planning for that elusive synthesis that is a near-contradiction in terms: efficiency and beauty. Votes: 0

A stable Iraq at peace with its neighbors will remain elusive until we improve both the security and the economic environment in Iraq. Votes: 0

For at the heart of the uniform, reasoning is shaky and elusive: a mind in search of ideas should first stock up on appearances. Votes: 0

If you have enough money to be comfortable it makes life a lot easier and that's undeniable. But I think happiness is more elusive. Votes: 0

Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us. Nothing is secure. Votes: 0

It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence. Votes: 0

Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been. Votes: 0

Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing. Votes: 0

As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me. Votes: 0

Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort. Votes: 0

Acting is somewhat mysteriously taught. There are so many different methods and systems and processes for teaching acting because it will always be an elusive art-form. Votes: 0

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings. Votes: 0

There's no there. That elusive 'there' with the job, the beach house, the dream, it's not out there. There is here. It's in you... right now. Votes: 0

I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it. Votes: 0

Such elusive puzzles recall the historian's basic dilemma: the absence of evidence does not always signify evidence of absence. In the end, we will likely never know. Votes: 0

Greatness is defined by public recognition of the value of ones contributions to society, and therefore, true greatness is a bit more elusive to obtain than success. Votes: 0

I do have a muse. I am not sure how to describe her. She can be very elusive. She was born in England but has Mediterranean ancestry. Votes: 0

I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive. Votes: 0

Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather Strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams; Somewhere above us, in elusive ether, Waits the fulfilment of our dearest dreams. Votes: 0

The best way to investigate the elusive phenomenon called the creative process may well be to target all the misconceptions, to explain what the creative process is not. Votes: 0

That Ms. Farahani found Mr. Mohassess and persuaded him to share his story is a terrific coup, even if a great deal of his life's work remains elusive. Votes: 0

But a sort of rupture-in anguish-leaves us at the limit of tears: in such a case we lose ourselves, we forget ourselves and communicate with an elusive beyond. Votes: 0

Emma was happy. She realized that happiness is something that springs from the generous treatment of others, and that until one makes that connection, happiness may prove elusive. Votes: 0

One of the most persistent yet elusive dreams of the Modern Movement in architecture has been prefabrication: industrially made structures that can be assembled at a building site. Votes: 0

The 'data' (given) of research are not so much given as taken out of a constantly elusive matrix of happenings. We should speak of capta rather than data. Votes: 0

In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time. Votes: 0

If peace seems elusive in your life today, commit yourself to God, commit your concerns to Him in prayer, and then rest peacefully as you trust in Him. Votes: 0

Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness. Votes: 0

The good writer and the good actor are always searching for what is essential. It is a never-ending task because what is essential is always elusive and, therefore, fascinating. Votes: 0

Memories are made of peculiar stuff, elusive and yet compelling, powerful and fleet. You cannot trust your reminiscences, and yet there is no reality except the one we remember...... Votes: 0

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but thats part of the game. Votes: 0

No one's hurt is too small, no worry too removed, no blessing so elusive that it cannot be seen by the eyes in the back of the human heart. Votes: 0

Endings are the toughest, harder than beginnings. They must satisfy the expectations you have hopefully generated in your reader - not frustrate them, leave the reader grasping at elusive strings. Votes: 0

For it is only by forgetting that we ever really drop the thread of time and approach the experience of living in the present moment, so elusive in ordinary hours. Votes: 0

Leadership is an elusive concept, hard to describe and impossible to prescribe. It is more evident in its absence, so that when leadership is needed, its lack is sorely felt. Votes: 0

Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it. Votes: 0

I think love is one of the most elusive things in the world. I don't know that there's a perfect formula for it and that's what makes the stories interesting. Votes: 0

To people in my industry I'm usually a guy that tries to generate his own projects and I remain very elusive when people try and attach me to big projects. Votes: 0

The Written Word is a Fairy, as mocking and elusive as Willy Wisp, speaking lying words to us in a feigned voice. So let all readers of books take warning! Votes: 0

We are all pilgrims on an elusive and endless road... Despite our attempts to build lives on stone foundations, our spirits continuously flow. Endless streams of consciousness ripple through our minds. Votes: 0

Personal happiness seems mysteriously and frustratingly elusive. Even when people achieve it, they can't hold onto it. That is the greatest clue, the biggest hint, the surest sign that something's amiss. Votes: 0

when I started doing chemistry, I did it the way I fished - for the excitement, the discovery, the adventure, for going after the most elusive catch imaginable in uncharted seas. Votes: 0

And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive Votes: 0

Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world. Votes: 0

Leadership is elusive and enigmatic, just as it is enlightening and empowering. It is a bright light among human energies that sometimes, by its very intensity, casts a long and dark shadow. Votes: 0

If you can surrender your protection devices, in order to track the potentially raw and perhaps elusive emotions that are the song's DNA, then that is creative vulnerability, which is ultimately hugely empowering. Votes: 0

I'm very interested in stopping time. And starting time. There is that aspect of time that I'm playing with, that it's elusive and unnoticed yet really in the end the most important thing. Votes: 0

No one has ever seen the self. It has no visible shape, nor does it occupy measurable space. It is an abstraction, like other abstractions equally elusive: the individual, the mind, the society Votes: 0

You must also realize that the stuff of excellence-truth, real scientific truth-can be elusive... It is too often covered by the heavy fog of fear and hidden by the darkness of your detractors. Votes: 0

In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life? Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a photographer. I was fascinated with the materials, but I never dreamed I would be having this much fun. I imagined something much less elusive, much more mundane. Votes: 0

Mysterious beings we seek from birth; what does that mean to me? Something we seek, and as we age it becomes more elusive, yet our spirit remains willing, but our flesh grows weak. Votes: 0

God is not an elusive dream or a phantom to chase, but a divine person to know. He does not avoid us, but seeks us. When we seek Him, the contact is instantaneous. Votes: 0

Most of what I want simply slips away like water flowing through a net, and always what remains are only vague, elusive fragments of images... that sink into countless strata in my mind. Votes: 0

I have found that fate is as liquid and elusive a word as love. Plato thought they were the same ... Novalis wrote that fate and soul are two names for the same principle. Votes: 0

Wetiko is elusive and mercurial, for whatever we say wetiko is, it isn't, in that it is always more, less, and other than what we are able to say it is in language. Votes: 0

In times of war or crisis, power is easily stolen from the many by the few on a promise of security. The more elusive the or imaginary the foe, the better for manufacturing consent. Votes: 0

Always the edge of the sea remains an elusive and indefinable boundary. The shore has a dual nature, changing with the swing of the tides, belonging now to the land, now to the sea. Votes: 0

We must admit that the divine banquet of the brain was, and still is, a feast with dishes that remain elusive in the blending, and with sauces whose ingredients are even now a secret. Votes: 0

There are deeper strata of truth in cinema, and there is such a thing as poetic, ecstatic truth. It is mysterious and elusive, and can be reached only through fabrication and imagination and stylization. Votes: 0

There are deeper strata of truth in cinema, and there is such a thing as poetic, ecstatic truth. It is mysterious and elusive, and can be reached only through fabrication and imagination and stylization." Votes: 0

Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to wallflower status according to your mysterious and unknowable workings of the universe. Votes: 0

The violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must remain elusive for language to operate as a living thing. Votes: 0

People believe that radical Islamic terrorism has not been defeated. They don't much like ObamaCare, they think it's been a bad deal for many Americans. They certainly think everyday affordability is elusive to them. Votes: 0

Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead. Votes: 0

The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely, and above all, the elusive promises of friendship and love. Votes: 0

Social media has given companies access to unprecedented amounts of information on client behavior and preferences - so-called Big Data. But making sense of it all and turning it into actionable policy has been elusive. Votes: 0

Our advanced art approaches a fragile but marvelous life, one that maintains itself by a mere thread, melting into an elusive, changeable configuration, the surroundings, the artist, his work and everyone who comes to it. Votes: 0