Intent Quotes

469 quotes by 391 authors

Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour spoons are gone);… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove… — Mark Twain
It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin… — Bertrand Russell
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in touch… — Charles Lindbergh
All great religions, in order to escape absurdity, have to admit a dilution of agnosticism. It is only the savage, whether of the African bush… — H. L. Mencken
The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded… — Quentin Crisp
Human science cannot discover God. Human science is but the backward undoing of the tapestry web of God's science. It works with its back to… — George MacDonald
Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. — Seth Godin
The births of all things are weak and tender and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings. — Michel de Montaigne
Generally speaking, geologists seem to have been much more intent on making little worlds of their own, than in examining the crust of that which… — Henry De la Beche
It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory of rationality, rests on too naive a view of… — Paul Feyerabend
In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to… — Carlos Castaneda
What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character. — Radhanath Swami
A handgun ban is not realistically enforceable. Confiscating guns would require house-to-house searches and alienate the very individuals whose compliance is essential to the success… — Don Kates
...I will continue to underscore that I don't think authorial intent is all that important to a reading experience, and I certainly don't think the… — John Green
There's no way to put a limit on what one may accomplish individually if the intent is an impeccable intent. Don Juan's teachings are not… — Carlos Castaneda
Some intentionally injure others through mocking, sarcasm with no intent to help. Others are trying to help. — Sterling W Sill
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the power and duty… — Lysander Spooner
Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one… — Carlos Castaneda
And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects distract the mind.… — Katherine Anne Porter

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