Purposes Quotes

776 Purposes quotes by 622 unique authors

So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in… — Fred Thompson
Those magicians who object to the use of blood, have endeavored to replace it with incense. But, the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more… — Aleister Crowley
It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other… — Eric Cantor
But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour… — Alfred Marshall
There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, and cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority. — Shigeo Shingo
Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves. — David Graeber
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used… — Adam Yauch
As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes. — Mariella Frostrup
So for my studio purposes, I know that I'm in my studio with technicians who've done amazing things to my board and to my power… — Billy Sherwood
Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor. — Deborah Prothrow-Stith
This is true only because the purposes and objectives of the Committee for Industrial Organization find economic, social, political and moral justification in the hearts… — John L. Lewis
Music is given of God to further his purposes. Sweet melodies mellow the souls of men and help prepare them for the gospel. After men… — Bruce R. McConkie
I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear makeup sometimes.' But,… — Andrej Pejic
The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier. — Emma Bonino
Imperialism creates the illusion of wealth as far as the masses are concerned. It usually serves to hide the fact that the ruling classes are… — Jack D. Forbes
For, after all, if it is from Christ that we are to learn how God relates himself to sin, suffering, evil, and death, it would… — David Bentley Hart
The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and military gangs have shackled their… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war… — Kate Smith
I was searching for something a little more than a dashing metaphor, a good deal less than a cultural map: and for those purposes the… — Carrie P Snow
On the one hand, it is in and through creative minds that the community fulfils itself at its best and reaches its highest forms; and… — Salvador de Madariaga
There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia. — Sarah Brady
Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or nothing to do… — Robert Bringhurst
The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or… — Herman Kahn
Evil by its very nature opposes the purposes of God, but God, in his sovereignty, can make even this evil serve his purposes. — David F. Wells
The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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