Obstacle Quotes - page 3

Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes. (Akon)
The displacement of scripted series by reality programming continues to be a severe obstacle to a working actor's ability to earn a living. View quote
Alan Rosenberg
We're making far too big a deal out of our sexual preferences. It's just another form of narcissism, and I think it can be a big problem and a tremendous obstacle. View quote
Andrew Cohen
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. View quote
Bernadette Devlin
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency. View quote
Diane Ravitch
So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology. View quote
Daniel Yergin
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success. View quote
Jane McGonigal
Usually, I create tunes that are fragmented. I think the biggest obstacle for people with their creativity is that they feel they have to sit down and create this finished, polished product. View quote
Jeff Mangum
'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with that girl. View quote
Jim Sturgess
Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families. View quote
Kendrick Meek
Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome. (Monte Irvin)
The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available. View quote
Roy Romer
Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society. View quote
Vito Fossella
Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is. View quote
Wally Amos
I wanted to know the best of the life of one (Muhammad) who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
Mr. Hankin: ...the biggest obstacle to good advertising is the client. View quote
Dorothy L. Sayers
The capitalist system of production, once it had given all it was capable of giving, became an abysmal obstacle to the progress of humanity. View quote
Fidel Castro
Let what will be said or done, preserve your sang-froid immovably, and to every obstacle, oppose patience, perseverance, and soothing language. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
By 1980, the work of Feldstein, Boskin, Summers, and others had convinced many economists that U.S. taxes were in fact a significant obstacle to investment. Nor was this all: another major U.S. policy, the Social Security system, was also discouraging saving and investment. View quote
Paul Krugman
Does she know you love her?" "Of course." I paused. The obstacle seemed unreal to me. "If you love her," I said, "you'll love somebody else someday. (Sylvia Plath)
[I believe in Oliver Cromwell] because he was a great fighting Dissenter. He was perhaps the first statesman to recognize that as soon as the Government became a democracy the Churches became directly responsible for any misgovernment. His great idea was to make Christ's law the law of the land, and any obstacle to this he ruthlessly swept away. How he would have dealt with Romish practices now! He said to the priest who babbled his Paternosters in Peterborough Cathedral, "Leave off your fooling and come down, sir." There was the man for the Ritualists (cheers)-worth a wagon-load of Bishops. How he would have dealt with the House of Lords! From the House of Commons he would have removed many a bauble, and he would have shaken his head and said, "The Lord deliver us from Joseph Chamberlain." View quote
David Lloyd George
The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. View quote
Robert Bork
Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness”, constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy. It is important to hear the views of all persons, including the "silent majority”, and to give heed to the weaker voices. View quote
Alfred de Zayas
Bob Hope: [finding some coins tied with string in Jack's trousers] When you ask this kid for a loan, and he says his money is tied up, he isn't kidding. This is an obstacle course for pickpockets. View quote
Jack Benny