Conspicuous consumption Quote by Kenneth Rexroth

My purpose is to inspire people of all walks of life to discover the virtue inherent within them and to bring forth that virtue…

— William Shirley

“Writing enables a person to build a protective barrier shielding them from an adverse environment, scrutinize their circumstances, and discover how to employ new…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I have only one purpose: to make people free, to urge them towards freedom, to help them to break away from all limitations, for…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

My purpose is to write, be creative; to take my God-given talent and do something positive with it.

— Jani Lane

The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of all this:…

— Andre Gide

“Slowly I discovered that writing was my way of coping with chaos and my cry of freedom, my homage to beauty. Because stories have…

— Vittorio Vandelli

To disguise nothing, to conceal nothing, to write about those things that are closest to our pain, our happiness; to write about our sexual…

— John Cheever

“It was then that I saw the business of writing for what it truly was and is to me. It is your penance for…

— Anita Brookner

“What I feel inspired to write today is this deep emotional dissatisfaction with the reality of our times--corruption of government--fake people--sick values--and unconscious people…

— Eustice Conway

My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.

— Jamie Zawinski

My purpose is to unite people, to bring us together. And above all, to be a champion for justice and a vehement opponent of…

— Vic Mensa

“I write so others might contemplate things that are out of the ordinary. I write to make people feel—to cause laughter and tears and…

— Richelle E. Goodrich