Pursuits Quotes

194 Pursuits quotes by 166 unique authors

As often happens between men who have chosen different pursuits, each, while in argument justifying the other's activity, despised it in the depth of his… — Leo Tolstoy
Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The great object of life is Sensation - to feel that we exist - even though in pain - it is this "craving void" which… — Lord Byron
Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits. — Patton Oswalt
That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no… — Jane Austen
There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there? — Ted Dekker
This good fellowship - camaraderie - usually occurring through the similarity of pursuits is unfortunately seldom super-added to love between the sexes, because men and… — Thomas Hardy
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. — Amos Bronson Alcott
That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest… — Fran Lebowitz
History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. — Henry Adams
The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. — Thomas Jefferson
Without history we are infants. Ask what binds the British Isles more closely to America than to Europe and only history gives a reply. Of… — Simon Jenkins
We are men and women from many lands, representing a rich variety of cultures. And we have been brought together to work in a great… — Kurt Waldheim
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in… — Milarepa
My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and have my business… — Apolo Ohno
I love and collect contemporary art and go to all the art fairs. I love Damien Hirst and Matthew Barney. I grew up in Italy… — Nouriel Roubini
A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry… — Thomas Jefferson
A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of… — David A. Bednar
Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way more sympathetic to science and learning and intellectual pursuits than Islam. — Richard Dawkins
It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they… — Orson F. Whitney
My life is sectioned off into hot flushes, pursuits of this or that. — Tom Stoppard
We are material creatures who spend much of our lives on material pursuits (even building a cathedral or writing a novel requires stone and mortar… — Virginia Postrel
A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive pursuits,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The culture of caring and giving permeates many Indian families. In their own way, they are engaged in philanthropic pursuits. — Kumar Mangalam Birla
Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that,… — Rory Bremner

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