Object Quotes

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I believe you [men] capable of everything great and good in your married lives. I believe you equal to every important exertion, and to every… — Jane Austen
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful.… — Elliott Smith
We assert then that nothing has been accomplished without interest on the part of the actors; and â€” if interest be called passion, inasmuch as… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Then when [ISIS] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didnâ€™t object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was… — Jimmy Carter
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as… — John Paul Stevens
The Christian will desire to see the beauty of God in his house, that his soul might be ravished in the excellency of the object,… — Richard Sibbes
The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain… — Edgar Allan Poe
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they donâ€™t speak out for themselves, all theyâ€™ll get for required reading will be the most… — Judy Blume
The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it. — John Steinbeck
Our body is not in space like things; it inhabits or haunts space. It applies itself to space like a hand to an instrument. And… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals. — Gerrit Smith
If the child has not an object that it can occupy itself with, it feels ennui; for it does not yet know how to occupy… — Max Stirner
Our great object of glorifying God is to be mainly achieved by the winning of souls Do not close a single sermon without addressing the… — Charles Spurgeon
The photographer in Blow-Up, who is not a philosopher, wants to see things closer up. But it so happens that, by enlarging too far, the… — Michelangelo Antonioni
That this gentleman [President John Adams] ought not to be the object of the federal wish, is, with me, reduced to demonstration. His administration has… — Alexander Hamilton
The Pacific coral reef, as a kind of oasis in a desert, can stand as an object lesson for man who must now learn that… — Eugene Odum
It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted… — Georges Cuvier
And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face… — Robertson Davies
There are two kinds of witnesses. One kind is the people that surround you. You are constantly aware that you are being watched, witnessed. With… — Rajneesh
My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men. — Joseph Pulitzer

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