Intent Upon Quotes
16 quotes by 15 authors
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic…
— Seneca the Younger
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No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the…
— Marcel Proust
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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A…
— Laozi
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The question, 'Why does she stay?' is code for some people for, 'It's her fault for staying,' as if [domestic violence] victims intentionally choose to…
— Leslie Morgan Steiner
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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A…
— Laozi
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The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to…
— Ludwig von Mises
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And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless…
— Billy Tauzin
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King Croesus, watching Persian soldiers sack [his capital city], is supposed to have asked the Persian King Cyrus, 'What is it that all those men…
— Diodorus Siculus
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Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.
— Samuel Johnson
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Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
— William Law
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Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe…
— Ambrose Bierce
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External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than…
— Charles Dickens
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If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. If I wish…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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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
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Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of women and men as conscious beings and…
— Paulo Freire
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Shall I be wrong, or am I speaking the truth? My heart tells me to speak, for I think I never saw such a likeness,…
— Helen
Who Wrote These Intent Upon Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 16 Intent Upon Quotes as follows: