Objects Quotes

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Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of… — Benjamin Disraeli
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. — Albert Einstein
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. — George Eliot
It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided… — Desiderius Erasmus
Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a… — James Fenton
A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of… — Edna Ferber
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. — Henry Fielding
The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch. — E. M. Forster
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't… — E. M. Forster
There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find… — David Hume
The immediacy of mystic experience simply means that we know God just as we know other objects. God is not a mathematical entity or a… — Muhammad Iqbal
The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the 'I breathe' which actually does accompany them. — William James
Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. — Thomas Jefferson
Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me. — Penn Jillette
With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do. Literally can blow it… — Steve Jobs
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes… — Samuel Johnson
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with… — Carl Jung
The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to… — Immanuel Kant
What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up. — Barbara Kruger

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