Objective Quotes

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Explosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'. — Thomas Pynchon
Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself. — Stanislav Grof
Huh? Oh you have a hidden agenda, do you?" She laughed. His straight-faced humor always surprised her. "You promised me you didn't." "There is nothing… — Dru Pagliassotti
There are two kinds of visual memory: one when you skillfully recreate an image in the laboratory of your mind, with your eyes open (and… — Vladimir Nabokov
In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's original… — Alfred Lansing
If you don't have a righteous objective,eventually you will suffer. When you do the right thing for the right reason,the right result awaits. — Chin-Ning Chu
Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity. — Stephen Jay Gould
That as people age, accumulate more and more private experiences, their sense of history tightens, narrows, becomes more personal? So that to the extent that… — David Foster Wallace
I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals… — Albert Einstein
The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within… — Aberjhani
The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories… — E E Cummings
You cannot regard your own life with objective curiosity all the time... — Sylvia Plath
Living is not thinking. Thought is formed and guided by objective reality outside us. Living is the constant adjustment of thought to life and life… — Thomas Merton
You have to be objective about money to use it fairly. It doesn't make you any better or any more useful than any other person.… — Keith Haring
He entertained these thoughts awkwardly, as a man entertains unexpected guests. Then, as he reached his objective, he pushed these thoughts away, as a man… — Neil Gaiman
Instead of answering her as soon as he saw her hair grow electric, her face more vivid, her eyes like lightning, her body restless and… — Anais Nin
That's one of the central problems of history, isn't it, sir? The question of subjective versus objective interpretation, the fact that we need to know… — Julian Barnes
Revolution is not 'showing' life to people, but making them live. A revolutionary organization must always remember that its objective is not getting its adherents… — Guy Debord
Praise God (or whatever it is) from (if direction exists) whom (if personality exists) all blessings (if that word corresponds to any percept of objective… — Dorothy L. Sayers
I know this much: that there is objective time, but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist, next to… — Julian Barnes

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