Hard or Hardness may refer to:
- Hardness, resistance of physical materials to change under force
- Hard water, water with a high mineral content
- NP-hard, a term used in Computational complexity theory
- Hard, Austria, a town in Austria
- Hard (Zurich), a quarter in Zürich
- Hard (tennis), a type of tennis court
- Hard (music festival), concerts and live events
- Hard, or hard-on, a slang term for an erection
- Hard (nautical), a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water
- Hard (surname)
- Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, abbreviated H.A.R.D.
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Famous quotes containing the word hard:
“But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.”
—Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)
“It is hard for those who have never known persecution,
And who have never known a Christian,
To believe these tales of Christian persecution.
It is hard for those who live near a Bank
To doubt the security of their money.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman’s business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection. Unless she accepts it as such—as a beautiful, bountiful, but quite unequal association—the going will be hard indeed.”
—Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978)