Sought Quotes

648 Sought quotes by 518 unique authors

Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of… — Wallace Pratt
I began to think that melancholy was a dialect that only some people knew-or could even hear-and in my conversations, I sought these people out. — Virginia Heffernan
Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach. — Albert Einstein
We cannot escape from our daily routine, because it will go with us wherever we go.... God must be sought and found in the things… — Unknown Author
My love for the child asleep in the crib, the child's need for me, for my vigilance, had made my life valuable in a way… — Alice McDermott
I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend. I wasn't ever… — Josh Brolin
Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society itself, — Julian Bond
The indwelling presence and power of the Spirit are to be sought and received by faith in God's word of promise. — Unknown Author
There are few men with more blood on their hands than me. None, that I know of. The Bloody-Nine they call me, my enemies, and… — Joe Abercrombie
The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. — George W. Bush
Throughout all the years and in everything we do, we have focused most of all on the development of human capacity, beginning with our own… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore baseball's profitability by 'running the… — John Thorn
The less we understand of what our fathers and forefathers sought, the less we understand ourselves, and thus we help with all our might to… — Carl Jung
Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. .... For the man an attractive girl… — Erich Fromm
The task that has fallen to us as Americans is to move the conscience of the world, to keep alive the hope and dream of… — Ronald Reagan
I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency. — Dan Quayle
For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from… — George McGovern
As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of the science. Whenever any result is sought by its aid,… — Charles Babbage
Observing sea, sky and stars, I sought to indicate their plastic function through a multiplicity of crossing verticals and horizontals. Impressed by the vastness of… — Piet Mondrian
O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won — Walt Whitman
Autobiography. Apparently one should not name the names of those one has been to bed with, or give explicit figures on the amount of money… — Robert Silverberg
Neighborhoods built up all at once change little physically over the years as a rule...[Residents] regret that the neighborhood has changed. Yet the fact is,… — Jane Jacobs
History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order… — William Graham Sumner
One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them. — Dale Carnegie
Ever since ROME, OPEN CITY, I have maintained a conscious, determined endeavor to try to understand the world in which I live, in a spirit… — Roberto Rossellini

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