Intent Quotes

469 quotes by 391 authors

Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:… — John Green
Taking away a person's control of her own life - meaning her bank account - is one of the greatest infringements a democracy can impose,… — Steig Larsson
No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary… — CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
There were profound reasons for his attachment to the sea: he loved it because as a hardworking artist he needed rest, needed to escape from… — Thomas Mann
It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they donâ€™t care if that… — John Green
He was decisive and wholehearted in everything he did, so intent non the task at hand that he never looked over his shoulder, even if… — Karen Armstrong
You've come to give me a piece of your mind. You know that phrase is really beautiful. The mind is the most powerful thing in… — Cecelia Ahern
Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ... — John Greenleaf Whittier
It is not merely enough to love literature if one wishes to spend one's life as a writer. It is a dangerous undertaking on the… — Harlan Ellison
The notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims...… — Steven Erikson
Iâ€™m not going to leave you here to bleed my friend dry.â€ â€œIf that had been my intent, theyâ€™d already be dead on the floor. — Tina St. John
Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don't trouble it, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
He gave a hard smile and the oxygen in my lungs evaporated. â€œWe both know Iâ€™m not a gentleman.â€ â€œYeah. Okay, let me out. Iâ€™m… — Cate Tiernan
I have studied humans for a small eternity. Intent infuses their every movement. Road maps to their inner navigation, plastered all over their skin. Born… — Karen Marie Moning
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. — Laozi
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.… — Douglas MacArthur
The parent knows that the child cannot be artificially motivated to learn; they know that he is already motivated by the strongest driving force on… — Joseph Chilton Pearce
We give our intent to love and meekness, by the working of mercy and grace we are made all fair and clean. — Julian of Norwich
It's like an act of murder-you play with intent to commit something. — Duke Ellington
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated. — George Santayana

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