Purpose Quotes - Page 74

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

So for my studio purposes, I know that I'm in my studio with technicians who've done amazing things to my board and to my power amps and I know what I can deliver out of my studio.

I do not believe making money in order to consume goods is mankind's sole purpose on this planet.

To an American the whole purpose of living, the one constant confirmation of continued existence, is to cram as much as sensual pleasure as possible into one's mouth more or less continuously. Gratification, instant and lavish, is a birthright

The purpose exceeds the pain.

A logical theory may be tested by its capacity for dealing with puzzles, and it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since these serve much the same purpose as is served by experiments in physical science.

Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each used for a particular purpose at a particular time.

As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?

In Victorian times the purpose of life was to develop a personality once and for all and then stand on it.

Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.

It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame.

It has been handed down in mythical form from earliest times to posterity, that there are gods, and that the divine (Deity) compasses all nature. All beside this has been added, after the mythical style, for the purpose of persuading the multitude, and for the interests of the laws, and the advantage of the state.

In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.

Moving ourselves to the background and others to the foreground is evidence that the (spiritual) search is achieving its purpose.

Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be, to realise as sacred art anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful.

I think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] "What is it all about?"

There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles.

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us.

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood.

Scientists animated by the purpose of proving that they are purposeless constitute an interesting subject for study.