“There was this tendency to drift. And yet when she thought about it, what did she really want to do? Or be?… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
The aspiration of society is the flourishing of its members, this report gives evidence on how to achieve societal well?being. It's not… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
The majority of the people I've taken photographs of, I've had conversations with. "What are your goals and aspirations?" "What are you… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is impossible to approve in Catholic publications of a style inspired by unsound novelty which seems to deride the piety of… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“When the great ship containing the hopes and aspirations of the world, when the great ship freighted with mankind goes down in… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point. And, unable to… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
All of women's aspirations--whether for education, work, or any form of self-determination--ultimately rest on their ability to decide whether and when to… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all, they have outlived their hope, they renounce aspiration, accept the actual… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Wishing is good for us. Daydreams, fantasies, castles in the air, and aspirations All drive us forward, Impel us to make things… — Barbara Ann Kipfer Copy Share Image
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
My mother was always working for a job, so I guess I was always trained that I should have multiple jobs, multiple… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are quite a lot of people who think my aspirations are not possible. That's a good thing. We don't need to… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Intolerance of oppression, the desire to be free and develop one personality to its full limits, is not enough to make one… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Apple excels at taking existing concepts - computers, MP3 players, conceit - and carefully streamlining them into glistening ergonomic chunks of concentrated… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
The things that unite us-America's past of which we are so proud, our hopes and aspirations for the future of the world… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If man do not find in himself the required (or wished, or wanted, - "voulue", Fr.) force to accomplish his moral aspirations,… — African Spir Copy Share Image
The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together.… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I believe that we won't get the fullest contribution from women, they won't be able to reach their fullest aspirations, until we… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
The recurrence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment of the aspiration to be the 'Newton of the moral sciences' testifies to the prestige… — Stefan Collini Copy Share Image
The negro king desired to be portrayed as white. But do not laugh at the poor African; for every man is but… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the… — Jason Lee Copy Share Image
This is a major strategic challenge affecting not only our military, but ultimately, America's leadership in the global world order, we are… — Martin Dempsey Copy Share Image
The Jews emerge into history, not a nation of keen spiritual aspirations and altruistic ethics, but that pagan people, worshipping rocks, sheep… — James T. Shotwell Copy Share Image
People who plead with you for favours May eventually prove to be great flatterers. Your friends are only those Who all the… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Imagine a civilisation that's way in advance of us wants to communicate with us, and assist us in our development. The information… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
If you live in the [Middle East] area, you see [U.S actions] as part of a continuing drive for dominance, and with… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Scientists can have their judgment clouded by their professional aspirations. And the pure truth of faith, which you can think of as… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Mother Ganges teaches us that if we want to attain the sea of our aspiration, we must persevere in our goal and… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
If you pursue enrichment and growth, you must increase your references by pursuing ideas and experiences that wouldn't be a part of… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
Ireland still remains the Holy Isle whose aspirations must on no account be mixed with the profane class-struggles of the rest of… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image