Object Quotes

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Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature. — Mata Amritanandamayi
From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to… — Mark Twain
In our life as a civilized person in the industrial age, we are invaded by objects; how could an object have a "force" when it… — Gaston Bachelard
Your Englishman, confronted by something abnormal will always pretend that it isn't there. If, however, you force him to look into it, he'll at once… — James Agate
Art neither belongs to religion, nor to ethics; but, like these, it brings us nearer to the Infinite, one of the forms of which it… — Victor Cousin
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident… — Ferdinand de Saussure
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally… — Ferdinand de Saussure
The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing… — Lord David Cecil
Among all the modernized aspects of the most luxurious of industries, the model, a vestige of voluptuous barbarianism, is like some plunder-laden prey. She is… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Along with the lazy man... the dying man is the immoral man: the former, a subject that does not work; the latter, an object that… — Michel de Certeau
Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great object of present… — Cecil Rhodes
Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world… — Cecil Rhodes
The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws… — James Joseph Sylvester
McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a… — Dave Eggers
Even the largest of my dreams and ambitions, I realize with increasing dismay, were puny, measly, compared to the object of my dreaming. I would… — Rick Bass
You may think of me as an object of desire and I'm going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked… — Emmanuelle Beart
My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters. — Bram Cohen
People who are pierced should not be snickered at, should not become the object of ridicule, should not be singled out for special and uneven… — Gloria Allred
When you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as an author, feel… — Stephen Chbosky

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