Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system… — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
There are times when salmon play no part in the proceedings of a day that is obstensibly spent in their pursuit. — Dale Rex Coman Copy Share Image
Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism. — Laurance Rockefeller Copy Share Image
One way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices and, ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for… — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin Copy Share Image
Schedule in rest in any pursuit. There’s always another peak, but look back and admire the view for a moment. You have… — Christy Haubegger Copy Share Image
New York is essentially national in interest, position, pursuits. No one thinks of the place as belonging to a particular state, but… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own. What is any life without the pursuit… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
Law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay… — Tom Schulman Copy Share Image
The single most important principle I ever discovered is this: the goal or purpose of the Christian is precisely the pursuit of… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
Up until the middle of the nineteenth century, men of science were all believers. Most of the great early English naturalists were… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
"Science," of course, replaced "God" as a guiding concept for many people after Darwin. Or, really, the two were rolled up into… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Those whose days are consumed in the low pursuits of avarice, or the gaudy frivolties of fashion, unobservant of nature's lovelinessof demarcation,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
A rentier is an investor whose relationship to a company or enterprise is strictly limited to the ownership of financial wealth (such… — Doug Henwood Copy Share Image
Meditation is not the pursuit of pleasure and the search for happiness. Meditation, on the contrary, is a state of mind in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The pursuit of God is not a part-time, weekend exercise. If it is, chances are you will experience a part-time, weekend freedom.… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but… — Florence Bascom Copy Share Image
And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the Union… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of happiness undeniably includes the pursuit of material well-being: minimally, being able to secure basic necessities. It can be overwhelming… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
In the pursuit of truth, intent is prior to content, or to the availability of it. The love of truth and the… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, 'What else can you do with… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back. — Ronnie O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
All knowledge is good. It is impossible to say any fragment of knowledge, however insignificant or remote from one's ordinary pursuits, may… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked… — Sammy Davis, Jr Copy Share Image
We wish to become one thing or another, rather we wish to become everything and in this pursuit of becoming everything we… — Wasif Ali Wasif Copy Share Image
Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put… — Gloria Whelan Copy Share Image
I want to know a butcher paints, A baker rhymes for his pursuit, Candlestick-maker much acquaints His soul with song, or, haply… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
Many are stubborn in the pursuit of the path that they have chosen, very few in pursuit of the goal. — Tsepiso Makhubedu Copy Share Image
I've come to believe that seeking happiness is not a frivolous pursuit. It's honorable and necessary. And most people forget even to… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for… — John Viney Copy Share Image
If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“To reach greater heights, we must refuse the negative opinions of people and passionately pursue your destiny.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
