Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
Samuel Johnson

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.
Kid Rock

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
Jackie Gleason

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
Pope John XXIII

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
Nicolas de Chamfort

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.
Stephen Sondheim

Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.
Vivien Leigh

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.
William Shatner

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.
Daniel Day-Lewis

People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. That's how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes.
Terry Bradshaw

Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
Gwendolyn Brooks

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.
Leo Burnett

It is far easier to make war than peace.
Georges Clemenceau

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
Andre Gide

It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.
Elliott Smith