Aim Quotes

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Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame. — Abbott Lawrence Lowell
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is… — H. L. Mencken
It is in the capacity to love, that is to SEE, that the liberation of the soul from fantasy consists. The freedom which is a… — Iris Murdoch
And this homage to women's attractions has distorted their understanding tosuch an extent that almost all the civilized women of the present century are anxious… — Mary Wollstonecraft
One may ask the question as to the extent to which the quest for beauty is an aim in the pursuit of science. . .… — Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
It is the duty of each one of us to be a holy woman. We shall have elevated aims, if we are holy women. — Eliza R. Snow
Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments much more control… — Bertrand Russell
My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort. — Hans Frank
If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in order to force… — Tibor R. Machan
Whenever justice is uncertain and police spying and terror are at work, human beings fall into isolation, which, of course, is the aim and purpose… — Carl Jung
Ever since the beginning of modern science, the best minds have recognized that "the range of acknowledged ignorance will grow with the advance of science."… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. Of… — Claude Bernard
The rainbow mirrors human aims and action. Think, and more clearly wilt thou grasp it, seeing Life is but light in many-hued reflection. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice, where we can… — Bell Hooks
I work sometimes from outlines, which are immediately abandoned. Sometimes, when I'm trying to find the characters, I'll sketch things out a bit. Sometimes, outlines… — Paul Rudnick
Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly… — George Santayana
...should We consent to an order of Cincinnati consisting of all the Officers of the Army & Citizens of Consiquence in the united States; how… — Elbridge Gerry
In all of nature structure determines function. Yet many people consider the marathoner and football linebacker all to be just one composite human being, an… — William Herbert Sheldon
Catastrophe Theory is-quite likely-the first coherent attempt (since Aristotelian logic) to give a theory on analogy. When narrow-minded scientists object to Catastrophe Theory that it… — Rene Thom
I aim to be a competitive nation. — George W. Bush

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