Intended Quotes

832 Intended quotes by 682 unique authors

Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get… — Thomas Merton
Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate. — Sigrid Undset
When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor will usually… — George Eliot
The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth. — Thornton Wilder
Look," I said, "We knew Jason and Becky would be back, the break would end. This isn't a surprise, it's what's supposed to happen. It's… — Sarah Dessen
He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool. — Brigham Young
We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said,” Say nothing but… — Spencer W. Kimball
The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become - because He made us. He invented us. He invented all… — C.S. Lewis
Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim. — Robert J. Sawyer
I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the sou. And the soul is nothing more… — Amy Tan
And so it was when anyone tried to speak: their minds would become tangled in remembrance. Words became floods of thought with no beginning or… — Jonathan Safran Foer
He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD — Shannon Hale
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. — Desmond Tutu
Perforation! Shout it out! The deliberate punctuated weakening of paper and cardboard so that it will tear along an intended path, leaving a row of… — Nicholson Baker
I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent lies in their feet, gain the disapprobation of people I honor and… — Kate Chopin
There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is “not this day.”...The scriptures make the danger of delay clear. It is… — Henry B. Eyring
He who is our Eternal Father has blessed you with miraculous powers of mind and body. He never intended that you should be less than… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I know you have not thought about it. Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and the downfall of your civilisation. A German plans… — Louis de Bernieres
Here we are - despite the delays, the confusion, and the shadows en route - at last, or for the moment, where we always intended… — Julia Glass
But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to… — Claudia Gray
... I am more of an ambler. I once overheard my old boss in Dublin describe me as very "hello trees, hello flowers." It was… — Marian Keyes
Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. — Galileo Galilei
Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and you… — William P. Young
The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a different facet of… — John Steinbeck

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