Intent Quotes

469 quotes by 391 authors

In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent. — Gary Bauer
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. — Elizabeth Bowen
When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome. — Julie Burchill
My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent. — Alex Campbell
Go on, then, and let your intent be seriousness. — Donald Cargill
Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage. — Robert Caro
Without this heart attitude it is exceedingly difficult for us to accept the circumcision of the flesh. Every affection, desire, thought, knowledge, intent, worship, and… — Watchman Nee
We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force… — PZ Myers
It will greatly help you to understand scripture if you note - no only what is spoken and written, but of whom and to whom,… — Myles Coverdale
The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better. — Nancy Lopez
The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed. — Eric Hoffer
The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument. — Arthur Guiterman
If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. — Mark Twain
Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't deprive them of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
In our daily life, we encounter people we are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying ere is so their own needs. There is so much… — Margaret J. Wheatley
The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. — Elizabeth Bishop
It is my dominant intent to be good to me. — Esther Hicks
The universe is alive and conscious, and it responds to our intent when we have our intimate relationship with the universe and see it not… — Deepak Chopra
The spirit of a warrior is not geared to indulging and complaining, nor is it geared to winning or losing. The spirit of a warrior… — Carlos Castaneda

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