Purpose Quotes - Page 74
Bill Bryson (2000). “The Complete Notes”, Random House
Bertrand Russell, Alasdair Urquhart, Albert C. Lewis (1994). “Foundations of Logic, 1903-05”, p.420, Psychology Press
As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.
Belle Boyd (1998). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.265, LSU Press
Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon
It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame.
1908 Of the final moments of the 1908 Olympic marathon, in which the Italian runner Dorando Pietri had to be helped over the finishing line and was thus disqualified. Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).
Arianna Huffington (2003). “Fourth Instinct: The Call of the Soul”, p.38, Simon and Schuster
"Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 - 2003" by Antoni Tapies, Kunsthalle Emden, edited by Achim Sommer, Altana, (p. 38), 2004.
Anne Rice (1996). “Servant of the Bones”, Random House Large Print Publishing
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.194, University of Georgia Press
TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.
Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.217, 谷月社
Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.70, 谷月社
Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Whitehead's The Function of Reason”, p.9, Agora Publications, Inc.