Death aims with fouler spiteAt fairer marks.

When (an advocate) is not thoroughly acquainted with the real strength and weakness of his cause, he knows not where to choose the most…

— John Quincy Adams

The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only…

— Blaise Pascal

As Venus within Eros does not really aim at pleasure, so Eros does not aim at happiness. We may think he does, but when…

— Anonymous

The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop, free to eat,…

— Kailash Satyarthi

My aim is to be counted among the top players.

— Babar Azam

I really enjoyed it - being involved in watching rushes and playback [in "The Invisible Woman"]. Ralph [Fiennes] was very open to my input,…

— Felicity Jones

My main aim has always been to do good quality films with roles that have some substance. With Power and Beauty there were loads…

— Natasha Henstridge

My only aim is to clock a time that everyone remembers.

— Hima Das

My aim was to make money for the bank. You lose track of the amounts involved when you are engaged in this kind of…

— Jerome Kerviel

Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If…

— Yves Behar

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.

— Christiane Amanpour

He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be…

— Katherine Paterson

The Christian man must aim at that complete obedience to God in which life finds its highest happiness, its greatest good, its perfect consummation,…

— William Barclay

A good aim surveys the present state of experience of pupils, and forming a tentative plan of treatment, keeps the plan constantly in view…

— John Dewey

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

— Zig Ziglar