Top 120 Daunting Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Daunting Quotes from famous people such as Chris Hardwick, Nathan Sawaya, Marianne Faithfull, Evgeny Morozov, Bob Newhart, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

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Freelancers are ‘free’ because they take risks – they don’t like being told what to do. That’s both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.
Chris Hardwick
I’ve made a bit of a career taking daunting projects out of Lego. I’ve done things like a dinosaur skeleton and stuff like that.
Nathan Sawaya
Working with David Bowie was very interesting, but I couldn’t surrender to it. I should have let him produce a record for me, but I’m very perverse in some ways. He’s brilliant, but the entourage were rather daunting.
Marianne Faithfull
The bigger the network, the harder it is to leave. Many users find it too daunting to start afresh on a new site, so they quietly consent to Facebook’s privacy bullying.
Evgeny Morozov
The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
Bob Newhart
The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story’s going.
Danny Huston
You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.
Matthew Macfadyen
For the novice furniture collector, buying antiques can seem a rather daunting prospect. Nobody wants to feel that they may not make a wise choice and that ultimately they could be throwing their money away. The main thing is that you should always buy something first and foremost because you like it.
David Linley
I grew up watching ‘Porridge’ and it’s so loved, it was a daunting prospect to take on. Fortunately, it was written by the original writers, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who are comedy gods.
Mark Bonnar
The enormity of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s global influence is daunting, especially for Kate, whose look is admired, copied, and analysed everywhere.
Ingrid Seward
It’s daunting, taking on the task of representing the gay community, because there are so many different facets and different schools of thought and behavior.
Jonathan Groff
Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.
Brooke Shields
It’s always very daunting to play someone who actually existed. You have to honor that, and be specific and accurate and try to make people believe that you’re that guy, which is really hard.
Michael Shannon
As a father of two black sons now, you ask yourself, ‘What do I have to do to assure the safety of these boys?’ It can be daunting.
Sterling K. Brown
I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women’s empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.
Queen Rania of Jordan
From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.
Tom Chatfield
Overcome obstacles one at a time: Sometimes the end goal becomes too daunting, so take things one step at a time and overcome each obstacle as you get to it.
Joy Mangano
Im quite a family-orientated person, so being over here in a foreign country – by myself – for the first time with a big new job was daunting.
Madeleine Madden
When I was 11 I was scouted by the Thames Valley under-21s. It was really daunting. I was scared for my life when I went in to bat. The first ball hit me on the leg, the second ball got me out, so it wasn’t great but it made me stronger.
Isa Guha
Completing any writing project, particularly a novel, is a daunting prospect. Many people become frozen by the prospect. Others keep waiting for the right time. Some wait for the spark of inspiration. Even experienced writers find it is easier to do anything other than actually write.
Bob Mayer
In 2014, having children is complicated and daunting and fraught – as much as it’s always been, but now we’re talking about it. And the more we talk about it, the more of us will realize that we’re not going through it alone. Far from it.
Rachel Sklar
Managing China is a daunting task, and they’ve got smart people doing it.
Steve Wynn
Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.
Mahesh Bhupathi
It can be daunting playing in front of the Kop.
Bruce Grobbelaar
Nothing is as exciting – or as nerve-wracking – as being the new girl. Whether it’s your first day of school or you’re starting a dream job, if there’s one thing that makes a first impression a lot less daunting, it’s a really, really good hair day.
Elaine Welteroth
I don’t dislike the process of animation… I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.
Bill Nighy
It’s an amazingly daunting prospect to play any part you’ve seen someone else play brilliantly.
Finty Williams
I’m really happy that more and more people are making their own comics. I remember how daunting it was for me to just put pen to paper, page by page, until you had a finished comic, but the way new creators are doing that and bravely bringing their unique voices and experiences to their work is really inspiring.
Cliff Chiang
It’s a bit daunting going into an industry that is very much based around your appearance. I just want to act; I don’t care about that stuff. I hate that you need to think about it as much as you do to get work.
Rebecca Breeds
When you’re acting, it’s all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to apply the same technique, and we get caught up in the panic of what we’re trying to do – how overwhelmingly daunting the task of trying to become an actor is.
Mike Colter
From facing a manager for the past 16 years to suddenly being the one person everyone is looking at is a daunting prospect. It’s something I want to be prepared for. If I get the opportunity, I don’t want to let myself down.
Phil Neville
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Shopping for an annuity with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake can be daunting, even for an economist.
Richard Thaler
Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.
Malorie Blackman
Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search – and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices – even a lifestyle brand.
Douglas Rushkoff
L.A. can be a little bit daunting. It is great, but it is a very cutthroat area and industry to be in, so London feels a bit more homely for me.
Samara Weaving
It gets slightly daunting if you’re watching the telly and everybody’s gorgeous. It’s just so rubbish. And I’m grateful that it’s not so much anymore – it’s great to see.
Olivia Colman
It’s a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who’s made more films than I’ll ever make in my lifetime.
Cary Fukunaga
Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting – it’s kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.
Hillary Clinton
This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.
Sally Schneider
Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig – it’s not as hard as songwriting, that’s much more daunting – but I love playing other people’s music.
Bonnie Raitt
You know, I’m not a huge fan of the concept of ‘passion’ when it comes to careers. Instead of trying to answer the daunting question of ‘What’s your passion?’ it’s better simply to watch what you do when you’ve got time of your own and nobody’s looking.
Daniel H. Pink
I take on daunting tasks.
Elizabeth Emken
Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time and looking to jump into the business world at a young age was pretty daunting for me.
Lewis Howes
What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
If you think about writing a book, or when I did, it seems daunting, but when I began writing, it just started flowing.
Jimmy O. Yang
Finding a new couch is a daunting process. New couches are not as soft or deep as you want. I prefer a long, single bench because then it becomes a day bed. These are things that you can buy at a flea market and make exactly what you want.
Lara Spencer
There’s a lot of division in politics, and that is why I am grateful to be a part of a show like ‘Veep.’ It makes light of the daunting aspects of the political world.
Sufe Bradshaw
Being a small boy it’s very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.
Prince William
I think the legacy left behind by ‘Battlestar’ speaks for itself. I thought that these avid fans, most of whom were skeptical at first… to turn them into a fan of ‘Caprica’ as well is a daunting task, a big challenge.
Esai Morales
I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever’s captured is captured so that’s a little more daunting.
Lily Tomlin
When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city.
Harry Mathews
Entertaining on any scale can be stressful and daunting.
Pippa Middleton
Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world.
Gavin Newsom
I started writing novels by not thinking about actually writing a whole novel – that felt altogether too daunting. I thought out a rough idea, then wrote chapter by chapter, and then by the time I’d hit 40,000 words, it was a challenge just to see if I could get to the end.
Jojo Moyes