Object Quotes

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In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts. — Carl von Clausewitz
The education of the will is the object of our existence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion. — Isaac Newton
If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the case,… — Charles Darwin
Only a pint at breakfast-time, and a pint and a half at eleven o'clock, and a quart or so at dinner. And then no more… — R.D. Blackmore
The object of a bunker or trap is not only to punish a physical mistake, to punish lack of control, but also to punish pride… — Charles B. Macdonald
It is true that my predecessor did not object, as I do, to pictures of one's golf skill in action. But neither, on the other… — John F. Kennedy
Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already exists. The two associated objects… — William James
The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that the moment a thing becomes… — William James
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if… — William James
The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,… — William James
An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use. — Bruno Munari
Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of… — Abraham Lincoln
War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur
If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we… — Patrick Henry
What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and… — Lord Byron
The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact. — George Orwell
The object in America is to avoid contact, to treat all as foes unless they're known to be friends. Here you have a million crabs… — Paul Fleischman
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. — William Hazlitt
Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is… — Maya Angelou

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