Objects Quotes

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Recycling is more expensive for communities than it needs to be, partly because traditional recycling tries to force materials into more lifetimes than they are… — William McDonough
He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or… — Samuel Johnson
The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are… — Samuel Johnson
Bombing is not especially inhumane. War itself is inhumane and the bombing plane, which is used to paralyse industry and transport, is a relatively civilised… — George Orwell
Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has taken many views; to whom stones and plants and… — Henry David Thoreau
(The animal rights movement) should be supported by all Christians. In an ecological universe, every created entity has intrinsic value because all are subjects as… — Charles Birch
In the relations of humans with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great ethic scarcely seen… — Victor Hugo
We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing perfection… — Christopher Dawson
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try… — John Perry Barlow
My consuming lust was to experience their bodies. I viewed them as objects, as strangers. It is hard for me to believe a human being… — Jeffrey Dahmer
Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what… — Adriana Trigiani
I think that objects have memories. Iâ€™m always thinking that Iâ€™ll go to the museum and see something and have a big memory about some… — Kiki Smith
One can say that the city itself is the collective memory of its people, and like memory it is associated with objects and places. The… — Aldo Rossi
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how… — Humphrey Carpenter
Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk that… — Sherry Turkle
My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison.… — Chanakya
We are â€¦ the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the love of things… — Ralph Caplan
If the government objects to monopoly prices for new inventions, it should stop granting patents. — Ludwig von Mises
God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in… — Paul David Tripp
Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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