Quotes About Obstacle

A rusty bolt is the most difficult to withdraw; but once removed, though replaced, it will never hold securely.

It was as if every time she played the ace of spades, it was beaten by a small trump.

A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock.

Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies.

Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one quarter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own

They were about to continue a journey that had really started long ago. A journey that had been strangely interrupted, that even now someone was trying to prevent.

Whatever may be my activity in a given moment (whether I am composing, or whether I am making love . . .), I feel pleasure if there is an obstacle placed in my path but one not greater than my ability to overcome. If circumstances paralyze my energy, I suffer. From this point of view, pleasure and pain accompany every moment of our life, even if we try to disregard them.

The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.

Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.

Every defense's game plan is to take me away.

My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.

Even when I had plenty money it was still a struggle.

In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.

Generally speaking, there's going to be times when it's going to be a little more challenging, depending on how the rush goes. But there are passing lanes that open up within the pocket. I think each play is kind of its own thing. They all play out different.

Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point of view. You're fighting for what they want. You learn that in acting school - it's Acting 1A: 'What do you want? What's in the way?'

I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.

If I got hurt or anything, I was going to need a college degree. Nothing was going to stop me from getting that.

As an actor, I'm always interested in my characters getting into trouble, because conflict is, you know, the great determiner of someone's mettle.

'Gaucho' was a struggle for us for a lot of reasons, and in the end, we just sort of survived it.

Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.

I had to have 25 counts of radiation, and the radiation was an obstacle I had to get over, in and of itself. It took away my appetite completely, it changed my mood swings, it would make me feel nauseous all the time.

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.