Task Quotes

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[The photographer's task] is to describe the existing light... Chances are, if you believe the light, you're going to believe that the things photographed existed… — Henry Wessel, Jr.
There's a rapport that any photographer is going to have with his subject matter. And if you don't have a rapport, you're going to find… — Bruce Barnbaum
How reliable are the computer [climate] models on which possible future climates are based? Not very. All will agree that the task of modeling climate… — Don Aitkin
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. — Sophocles
Understand: the task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible--it's to dismantle those systems. — Lierre Keith
It is no easy task to walk this earth and find peace. Inside of us, it would seem, something is at odds with the very… — Ronald Rolheiser
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled… — Socrates
Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is… — Gautama Buddha
Turn off your mind, and focus on what you've got to do - task at hand. — Tony Horton
Life is a task to be done. It is a fine thing to say defunctus est; it means that the man has done his task. — Arthur Schopenhauer
What is to be sought in designs for the display of information is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of the simple; rather… — Edward Tufte
To destroy guide-boards that point in the wrong direction . . . to drive the fiend of fear from the mind . . . is… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe, to re dream our world.… — Ben Okri
Willing is superfluous for Me. For grace is ever available to devotees who have steady love and faith. Since I move freely with them, talking… — Sathya Sai Baba
The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task fun, you'll perform… — Ralph Nader
Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job.… — Alvin Toffler
The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context. — Vittorio Gregotti
As we move into the 21st century, it becomes ever clearer that the ultimate, most intimate territory for design is not electronics, or interiors, or… — Rick Poynor
That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every… — Barack Obama
In doing one's work primarily for God, the fear of undue restriction is put, sooner or later, out of the question. He pays me and… — Basil King

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