Source: Catching Fire
“It's much easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it.”
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: It's much easier... to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.
Source: The Book Thief
“She said people found running to something easier than running from something.”
Sarah Mlynowski (1977) Novelist
Source: Ten Things We Did
“when something is right, it will feel easier and much more effortless”
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
“It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.”
Donald Rumsfeld (1932) U.S. Secretary of Defense
Rumsfeld's Rules" January 12, 1974 http://library.villanova.edu/vbl/bweb/rumsfeldsrules.pdf <br class="br">1970s
Benjamin Graham book The Intelligent Investor
Source: The Intelligent Investor (1973) (Fourth Revised Edition), Chapter 20, "Margin of Safety": The Central Concept, p. 287
“It's easier to start over than to work to make something last.”
Rachel Hawthorne (1950) American author
Source: Thrill Ride
“In soloing—as in other activities—it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) American aviation pioneer and author
20 Hrs., 40 Min. (1928), p. 16
Context: In soloing—as in other activities—it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. Almost every beginner hops off with a whoop of joy, though he is likely to end his flight with something akin to the D. T.'s.
“She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about.”
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
