Aim Quotes

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Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?... Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by… — George Orwell
You've got to shake your fists at lightning now, you've got to roar like forest fire You've got to spread your light like blazes all… — Joni Mitchell
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or… — Epictetus
I once heard someone say morality was method. Do you hold with that? I suppose you wouldn't. You would say that morality was vested in… — John le Carre
Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102) — Cornel West
The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors — Julia Quinn
The two of you together are a menace,â€ Penelope remarked. â€œMy aim in life,â€ Lady Danbury announced, â€œis to be a menace to as great… — Julia Quinn
Common aim is stronger than blood. — G I Gurdjieff
Happiness in reality consists only in rest, and not in being stirred up. This instinct conflicts with the drive to diversion, and we develop the… — Dallas Willard
To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive… — P.B. Kerr
Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes. — Simone de Beauvoir
...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power-almost all our… — Erich Fromm
Oh, China. How I have missed you.' 'And I have missed you, Eliza. But don't worry, next time my aim will be better. — Derek Landy
Though I am young, and cannot tell Either what Death or Love is well, Yet I have heard they both bear darts, And both do… — Ben Jonson
Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off. — Lois McMaster Bujold
The aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love. — Paulo Coelho
I do not mean to imply that television news deliberately aims to deprive Americans of a coherent, contextual understanding of their world. I mean to… — Neil Postman
As a survival-happy species, our successes are calculated in the number of years we have extended our lives, with the reduction of suffering being only… — Thomas Ligotti
Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true, that he is greatest… — William Jennings Bryan

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