Object Quotes

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Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object. — Conor Oberst
Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object. — Yoko Ono
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. — George Orwell
I've been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As… — Michael Palin
If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the… — Blaise Pascal
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. — Blaise Pascal
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. — George S. Patton
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living… — Ross Perot
Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. — Laurence J. Peter
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. — James K. Polk
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. — Alexander Pope
'Educational' refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a… — Terry Pratchett
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. — Pliny the Elder
Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word. — Willard Van Orman Quine
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. — Man Ray
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you… — Mitt Romney
Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing you're looking… — Jerry Saltz
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to… — Vidal Sassoon

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