Sought Quotes

648 Sought quotes by 518 unique authors

Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the… — S. Jay Olshansky
I never sought nor gained personal benefit in school or job applications based on my heritage. — Elizabeth Warren
In the past, the U.S. was the centre of the world, where everything was happening. I think my stories have always sought to question this,… — Hideo Kojima
Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book. — Arthur Helps
One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. — Albert Schweitzer
He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not… — Alexandre Dumas
We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation… — William Robertson Smith
His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain… — Emma Willard
Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution. — Marvin Bower
If Sir John A. MacDonald or any other leader of that day were here now, he would have a different program from that of sixty… — John Bracken
In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today. — Doc Hastings
These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to escape on the… — Philip Hone
The answer has to be sought in the material conditions of the production and utilization of cattle in India compared with the production and utilization… — Marvin Harris
Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural… — Peter R. Grant
In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and… — Uwe Boll
Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present… — James Larkin
Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter. — Sam Sheppard
We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about… — John Woolman
Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the… — Robert Toombs
I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence,… — John Frankenheimer
If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of wave theory, to select for… — Max von Laue
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. — Albert Schweitzer
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no. — George Savile
Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho

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