Aim Quotes

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I get so sick of people asking: "What's your demographic?" Or: "Oh we've got to aim this at..." No, you have to aim it at… — Ricky Gervais
I believe politicians should aim to be accurate and truthful in what they say at all times. You can be truthful and inaccurate but what… — Malcolm Turnbull
It is not quite accurate to say that the objective of art is to represent what happens to us as a consequence of encountering the… — Peter London
My aim is to create the perfect dress! — Victoria Beckham
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled… — David Mamet
The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve… — Olivier Theyskens
Socialists cannot achieve their great aim without fighting against all oppression of nations. — Vladimir Lenin
We set ourselves the ultimate aim of abolishing the state, i.e., all organized and systematic violence, all use of violence against people in general. — Vladimir Lenin
Could I have made mistakes? One does not build cities if one is guided by doubt. But can one govern in absolute certainty? I know… — Andrew Ryan
The ultimate aim of all science is to penetrate the unknown. — Walter Reisch
God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race - to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full… — Mary Howitt
If sophistication is a matter of being in control of our primary reactions, we may now be sophisticated. At least we shall be fairly confident… — Quentin Crisp
There are sermons in stones, but it depends on how good your aim is. — Albert Meltzer
God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies. — Criss Jami
Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless… — Marcus Brigstocke
An ambition to excel in petty things obstructs the progress to nobler aims. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures. — Christian Nestell Bovee
In actions of enthusiasm, this drawback appears: but in those lower activities, which have no higher aim than to make us more comfortable and more… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of… — Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

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