Objective Quotes

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My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was a cause that… — Gough Whitlam
The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an "objective correlative"; in other words, a set of objects, a… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give… — Anton Chekhov
Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective. — Peter Drucker
To a chemist, nothing on earth is unclean. A writer must be as objective as a chemist; he must abandon the subjective line; he must… — Anton Chekhov
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what… — George R. R. Martin
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a… — Berenice Abbott
The business of making a photograph may be said in simple terms to consist of three elements: the objective world (whose permanent condition is change… — Aaron Siskind
If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible,… — Henri Matisse
Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for… — Magnus Carlsen
Plato used the dialogue format because the exchange of views, the posing and answering of questions, showed that understanding is a living, dynamic process. He… — John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take a real serious… — Tim McDonald
When it comes to the news, the corporate view is `objective,' all else is propaganda. — Studs Terkel
The objective, clearly enunciated by the leaders of UNCED, is to bring about a change in the present system of independent nations. The future is… — Dixie Lee Ray
The real pleasure of one's life is the devotion to a great objective of one's consideration. — George Bernard Shaw
As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing global warming when… — Harrison Schmitt
We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than the world. We… — Jose Mujica
What distinguishes the historical social system we are calling historical capitalism is that in this historical system capital came to be used (invested) in a… — Immanuel Wallerstein
An individual or a group of individuals might of course decide at any time that they would like to invest capital with the objective of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The World we all share is given to us in trust. Every choice we make regarding the earth, air, and water around us should be… — August Busch III

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