Aim Quotes

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The scientist is a practical man and his are practical (i.e., practically attainable) aims. He does not seek the ultimate but the proximate. He does… — Gilbert N. Lewis
I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying. — Markus Zusak
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting. — Joan Didion
We will freedom for freedomâ€™s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Cities must urge urban planners and architects to reinforce pedestrianism as an integrated city policy to develop lively, safe, sustainable and healthy cities. It is… — Jan Gehl
People say i am a genius. I might be one but i am not the only one. There are many other Pakistani girls and boys… — Arfa Karim
We must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort. — Dorothy Day
If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate… — Criss Jami
Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work. — Steven Pressfield
To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out… — Lesslie Newbigin
I have no disagreement with the aims of anti-vivisectionists. — Peter Baynham
The documentary photographer aims his camera at the real world to record truthfulness. At the same time, he must strive for form, to devise effective… — Paul Strand
Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the man of the… — Philip Rieff
The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that, while… — John Mortimer
By validating and aggregating the best material from a wide range of independent and mainstream content owners, Babelgum aims to encourage common interest communities that… — Silvio Scaglia
When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris. — Jean-Jacques Annaud
In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real… — Roone Arledge
Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the… — Walter Reisch
It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in… — B. H. Liddell Hart
To ensure attaining an objective, one should have alternate objectives. An attack that converges on one point should threaten, and be able to diverge against… — B. H. Liddell Hart

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