Object Quotes

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The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance, gaining ground step… — Thomas Jefferson
But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for another nomination by… — Alexander Hamilton
Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the… — Thomas Jefferson
Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object. — Thomas Jefferson
Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object:… — George Bernard Shaw
Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as inconceivable… — Nicolaus Copernicus
The observations, so numerous and so important, of the pendulum as object are especially relevant to the length of its oscillations. Those that I propose… — Leon Foucault
In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand,… — Seneca the Younger
Various polls have indicated that approximately 10% of Americans (25 million people) have seen them at close range so that details of the structure of… — Steven M. Greer
Skeptics, who flatly deny the existence of any unexplained phenomenon in the name of 'rationalism,' are among the primary contributors to the rejection of science… — Jacques Vallee
Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a… — Philip Roth
I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 feet on a nice, bright, sunny afternoon.… — Deke Slayton
While working with a camera crew supervising flight testing of advanced aircraft at Edward's Air Force Base, California, the camera crew filmed the landing of… — Gordon Cooper
It followed us during half of our orbit. We observed it on the light side, and when we entered the shadow side, it disappeared completely.… — Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev
I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to play chess, which… — Bobby Fischer
When I see and feel the life beat of Spirit in every object, I evolve to a higher level of transformation called consciousness — Deepak Chopra
Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us. — Blaise Pascal
My plan of instruction is extremely simple and limited. They learn, on week-days, such coarse works as may fit them for servants. I allow of… — Hannah More
I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of… — Horace Walpole

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