The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
Some mathematician said that pleasure lies not in discovering the truth but in searching for it. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship. — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
If in our Saturday pursuits we're far from God's presence, we're not in very good shape to worship Him on Sunday. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The whole idea of the pursuit of goods and possessions has completely corrupted the human experience, along with religion, which I think… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. It is the moral atmosphere in which human beings are to live and move. Men… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Nothing's going to stop you or deter you or cause you to give up. Pursuit, because nobody actually expects it to happen.… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
And if the civilized man's pursuits are no worthier than the savage's, if he is employed the greater part of his life… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Walking is simple and second nature for most of us. It's an everyday kind of activity, not something that's frequently the rage… — Charlie Cook Copy Share Image
I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
This is one of my big things of creative pursuits. You have your idea you want to do, but then you got… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without… — J. Irwin Miller Copy Share Image
I believe no satirist could breathe this air. If another Juvenal or Swift could rise up among us tomorrow, he would be… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice… — Paul Levine Copy Share Image
“Yes, the pursuit of love and the pursuit of wealth have much in common. Both have the potential to inspire, motivate, uplift… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
“But life is a lot more balanced and varied now. My competitive nature has softened, and my drive and determination are channelled… — Chrissie Wellington Copy Share Image
For me, the reading of the scriptures is not the pursuit of scholarship. Rather, it is a love affair with the word… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic. — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Timeless and unclassifiable - that's the goal. My oddness is the pursuit of this above all else. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
[On the United States:] We are a wildly energetic people in our pursuit of pleasure, let alone in our pursuit of money,… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
If you devote yourself entirely to a pursuit, there is no way you cannot find beauty and fulfillment. — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
I find that I can have no enjoyment in the world but the continual drinking of knowledge. I find there is no… — John Keats Copy Share Image
I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
Whatever pursuit you undertake, the requirements should start with a love of what it is that you are pursuing. — Bill Toomey Copy Share Image
Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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![“The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of clinical facts would seem to be a pursuit of the physician as harmless as it is indispensable. [But] it seemed irresistibly rational to certain minds that…” quote by Wilfred Trotter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/34c/wilfred-trotter-30944_air_the-air-of-caricature-never-fails-to-sho_702516.jpg)
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