The aim of mathematics is to explain as much as possible…

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty…

— Richard M. Nixon

When James Bond presses the watch and the car explodes, the writer doesn't go into the science of it. One should leave it to…

— Ravi Subramanian

My contacts with the film industry can be described in very simple terms: The industry does not really need me, and I do not…

— Werner Herzog

“In very simple terms, I want you to want to please me.”

— E.L. James

“In simple terms, the language you use to describe your circumstances determines how you see, experience, and participate in them and dramatically affects how…

— Gary John Bishop

I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece…

— Dennis Lindley

“I boiled every equation down to these simple terms: was I lovable or was I ugly?”

— Lucy Grealy

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