169 quotes found
“For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.”
“The goal of art was the vital expression of self.”
“Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause mu...”
“No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting acro...”
“Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.”
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”
“I'm sponsored by the solar company Goal Zero, and they were gracious enough to install panels on my van and a nice battery system for the inside. I have lights and a fridge inside the van. And of c...”
“Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.”
“The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.”
“The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.”
“My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”
“Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government.”
“Your goal in an online dating profile and in your first message to somebody is to strike up a conversation.”
“I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.”
“After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.”
“The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.”
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
“Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.”
“Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace.' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and asser...”
“My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.”
