Task Quotes

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Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent of the particular… — Antonin Scalia
It is the political task of the social scientist â€” as of any liberal educator â€” continually to translate personal troubles into public issues, and… — C. Wright Mills
It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task. — Kate DiCamillo
My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I… — Francois Hollande
And that is what is behind the abrupt rise in climate change denial among hardcore conservatives: they have come to understand that as soon as… — Naomi Klein
Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. We contemplate the immediate… — Warren G. Harding
It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they… — Charles Caleb Colton
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and not a very arduous task to astonish them; but essentially to benefit and… — Charles Caleb Colton
Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you. — Alfred de Vigny
There is a marvelous story of a man who once stood before God, his heart breaking from the pain and injustice in the world. "Dear… — David Wolpe
Regardless of how little time and work someone takes to perform a task, there has to be a more efficient and effective way to perform… — Ernie J Zelinski
The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all nations-acting alone, acting… — John F. Kennedy
...the aim of every hierarchy is always to imitate God so as to take on His form... the task of every hierarchy is to receive… — Maximus the Confessor
During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time… — Hermann von Helmholtz
If your motives are high and noble and your work is hard and you do a good job, then whatever the task is in your… — Frederick Lenz
We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it… — G I Gurdjieff
I cannot suggest political ways out, that is the task of politicians, so it is simply that those who accuse me of this do not… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man. — Marcus Aurelius
aim, n. The task we set our wishes to. — Ambrose Bierce

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