Object Quotes

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To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for… — Aristotle
The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you… — Margaret Atwood
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. — Marcus Aurelius
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an… — Charles Babbage
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. — Honore de Balzac
The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them. — Charles Barkley
To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. — Simone de Beauvoir
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison
We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week… — Arnold Bennett
Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may… — Annie Besant
Beauty is no dead thing. It is the manifestation of God in nature. There is not one object in nature untouched by man that is… — Annie Besant
The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the… — Vinoba Bhave
It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that… — Christian Nestell Bovee
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. — Elizabeth Bowen
If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads. — Jeff Bridges
Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government… — Harry Browne
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. — Richard Burton
I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get… — Alan Alda
I basically look at PR as something you do if there's an object in mind. But my ego doesn't need it. — Nolan Bushnell

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