Purely Quotes

573 Purely quotes by 482 unique authors

I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe… — Richard Branson
After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that dogs feel more… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance. — Richard Reti
Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long. — Kenzo Tange
Wine ... offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased. — Ernest Hemingway
If you grow up ... in the suburbs of anywhere, a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable, this moment is… — Russell Crowe
...the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often highly ideological speculation, at the… — Thomas Piketty
The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars have… — Theda Skocpol
Society is purely and solely a continual series of exchanges... And the greatest eulogy we can give it, for exchange is an admirable transaction, in… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
Geologists and paleo-climatologists know that in the past the Earth's temperature has been substantially warmer than it is today, and that this warming has occurred… — Greg Benson
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science which… — Mary Somerville
There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material… — C.S. Lewis
For just as some people want a purely spiritual Christ, without flesh and without the cross, they also want their interpersonal relationships provided by sophisticated… — Pope Francis
If... if... We didn't love freedom enough. And even more - we had no awareness of the real situation. We spent ourselves in one unrestrained… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellowmen sincerely;… — Henry Van Dyke
In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without… — Benjamin Rush
I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true.... If you do something for a religious… — Lisa Randall
The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states.… — Joseph Story
I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth or belief, and… — D. H. Lawrence
Environmental policies are not just about good publicity; they are about responding to the moral imperative to address both climate change and resource depletion...A company… — Unknown Author
Our parents taught us to love God, love our family and love our country. Their own grandparents were immigrants. Their first language may not have… — Martin O'Malley
A purely psychological explanation is ruled out... the discs show signs of intelligent guidance, by quasi-human pilots... — Carl Jung
There exist certain individuals who are, by nature, given purely to contemplation and are utterly unsuited to action, and who, nevertheless, under a mysterious and… — Charles Baudelaire

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