Objects Quotes

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The love of talk distracts all the powers of our soul from God, and fills them with earthly objects and impressions, like a vessel of… — Elizabeth Ann Seton
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his… — Alexander Hamilton
The function of State coercion is to override individual coercion, and, of course, coercion exercised by any association of individuals within the State. It is… — Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects. — Thom Gunn
It is not the natural movement of film that gives the objects their expression, but the artistic movement, that is to say, a rhythmical movement… — Hans Richter
Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became… — John Berger
Human life and objects and trees vibrate with mysterious meanings, which can be deciphered like cuneiform writing. There exists a meaning, hidden from day to… — Adam Zagajewski
The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of our Constitution, was… — Walter E. Williams
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality). — William Wilberforce
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy. — William Wilberforce
When I began designing machines I also began to think that these objects, which sit next to each other and around people, can influence not… — Ettore Sottsass
There has to be irony, both in design and in the objects. I see around me a professional disease of taking everything too seriously. One… — Achille Castiglioni
In the development of the understanding of complex phenomena, the most powerful tool available to the human intellect is abstraction. Abstraction arises from the recognition… — Tony Hoare
A class, in Java, is where we teach objects how to behave. — Richard E. Pattis
The discipline of programming is most like sorcery. Both use precise language to instruct inanimate objects to do our bidding. Small mistakes in programs or… — Richard E. Pattis
When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to… — Plato
"The first awareness of the child comes with his ego. He becomes aware of the "I", not of the Self. Really, he becomes aware first… — Rajneesh
This dogma (the soul) has been present in human psychology from earliest antiquity. No one has ever touched the soul, or has seen one in… — John B. Watson
When a man in the process of dreaming becomes conscious that he is dreaming, he is no longer identified with the phenomena; he is not… — Paramahansa Yogananda
The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity. — Nhat Hanh

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