One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Composing is what drives me; it's not the pursuit of fame. My songs are like pages in a diary. — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
Running, close companion to death, summons us to the most vivid acts of life. Our ancestors (we have forgotten) ran for food… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat… — Gary Ryan Copy Share Image
Most scientific revelations happened after the pursuit of knowledge quit being secret and hermetic. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
In my own pursuit of God, I often became preoccupied with ME! It was easy to think that being constantly aware of… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
Then he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." "And what type is that?" she… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Writing has made me rich-not in money but in a couple hundred characters out there, whose pursuits and anguish and triumphs I've… — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And,… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Those who wander in the world avowedly and purposely in pursuit of happiness, who view every scene of present joy with an… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty: most treacherous, indeed, of all… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
That's what this thing called Christian life is all about, isn't it. Going . . . yet not knowing. As followers of… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Individual freedoms are the primary engine by which the pursuit of happiness can be maximally instantiated. — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
Some mathematician said that pleasure lies not in discovering the truth but in searching for it. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happy hour, the long weekend, the all-inclusive island resort, the sunny beach vacation. Happiness is somewhere… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
And in the fearless, reckless pursuit of intimate love, it is not the destination it's the journey. — Amanda Marshall Copy Share Image
The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness. — David Brin Copy Share Image
All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangla Desh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people,… — Indira Gandhi 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
In the first place, any group of folks willing to make asses of themselves in pursuit of a good time should be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
