#undertaking

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#envy #even #insignificant #kind #most

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#difficult #essentially #i #immortal #only

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides. ↗

— Euripides

#better #better chance #both #both sides #chance

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength. ↗

— Richard L. Evans

#brings #new #strength #undertaking

These ancient huts were soon cleared of the rubbish covering them. I planned them, and removed them for investigation below, which undertaking took until the fourth of Nov. ↗

— Howard Carter

#below #cleared #covering #fourth #huts

An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful. ↗

— Ada Louise Huxtable

#dubious #excellent #great #job #like

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome. ↗

— Golda Meir

#felt #honestly #i #i can #never

Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#being #context #different #far #general

The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn't enough critical reporting about it and that's why it's gotten out of hand. ↗

— David Talbot

#american #american media #apparatus #bought #costly

The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing. ↗

— Howard Hughes

#built #ever #hercules #i #into