Object Quotes

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A mystery is a problem that encroaches upon itself because the questioner becomes the object of the question. Getting to Mars is a problem. Falling… — Gabriel Marcel
But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object. — Gabriel Marcel
The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals. — John C. Calhoun
Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a… — John Knox
I came into the world imbued with the will to find a meaning in things, my spirit filled with the desire to attain to the… — Frantz Fanon
Painting is the aesthetic side of the object but it has never been original, has never been its own goal. — Kazimir Malevich
I should not really object to dying were it not followed by death. — Thomas Nagel
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind. — Washington Allston
I would like the work to be non-work. This means that it would find its way beyond my preconceptions...It is the unknown quantity from which… — Eva Hesse
Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes,… — Herbert Spencer
Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest degree, but solely… — Calvin Coolidge
When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately… — Lefty Gomez
We know that an object that is not consciously noticed at the time of a first visit can, by its absence during subsequent visits, provoke… — Ivan Chtcheglov
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form. — Francois Delsarte
Regarding perfection, thatâ€™s a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in it, and my… — B.K.S. Iyengar
In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy, macroscopic… — Murray Gell-Mann
Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational evolution,… — Ernst Mayr
Fail, it's not in my dictionary. I've got a good dictionary up there and the words 'fail' and 'failure' have been ruled out for years.… — Percy Cerutty
Love has the tendency of pressing together all the lights - all the rays emitted from the beloved object by the burning-glass of fantasy, -… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests.… — James Madison

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