In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in… — Plato Copy Share Image
You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high. — Judith Rascoe Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of men: those who are preceded by their shadow, those who are pursued by it, and those who… — Gerd De Ley Copy Share Image
For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
There were no object lessons, and the studies of bookkeeping and French were pursued (but never effectually overtaken. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky,… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
My father's religious life was not Biblically centered. He was a saintly man, whom I could never emulate, so I went into… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Thinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?'… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
All the objects pursued by the multitude not only bring no remedy that tends to preserve our being, but even act as… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
I have come a long way and learnt a lot. I read this quote about a year ago: 'Happiness must not be… — Lucy Davis Copy Share Image
Lithium is like a beautiful lady, very much sought and pursued, especially in Bolivia. There is data indicating Bolivia has the largest… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
They've pursued their own agendas, and they've done what they've wanted to do and not pursued traditional careers in the music industry.… — Neil Tennant Copy Share Image
“Sometimes he pursued the call into the forest, looking for it as though it were a tangible thing, barking softly or defiantly...… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The maxim of Cleobulus, "Mediocrity is best," has been long considered a universal principle, extending through the whole compass of life and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Since it took up office, the Commission which I lead has pursued a clear policy: we need less interference from Brussels when… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can… — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I never really considered myself an actor because I never pursued it. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Simplicity, for reasons that are a little bit obscure, is almost not pursued, at least in the academic world. — George M. Whitesides Copy Share Image
Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation. — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
“All my life I have been pursued by the black dogs of unaccountable gloom” — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
![“Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. [Thus,] there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a…” quote by Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/29b/aristotle-78_arms_those-who-have-the-command-of-the-arms-i_401262.jpg)
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