Quotations
Quotes:
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
View quotes by Matthew Arnold
The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
View quotes by Clarence Darrow
It is the unthinkable in pursuit of the unsinkable [golf]
View quotes by Douglas Watkinson
I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.
View quotes by Lord Byron
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
View quotes by Mortimer Adler
Drawing is many things all at once - it is a hobby, a pastime, a pursuit and of course a business as well.
View quotes by Bill Griffith
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
View quotes by Pliny The Younger
There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.
View quotes by Galbraith
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
View quotes by Barry Goldwater
The English country gentleman galloping after a fox is the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
View quotes by Oscar Wilde
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.
View quotes by Jean De La Bruyere
However high we climb in the pursuit of knowledge we shall still see heights above us, and the more we extend our view, the more conscious we shall be of the immensity which lies beyond.
View quotes by William George Armstrong
There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.
View quotes by Mario Cuomo
The most insidious influence on the young is not violence, drugs, tobacco, drink or sexual perversion, but our pursuit of the trivial and our tolerance
View quotes by Eric Anderson
Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
View quotes by Samuel Johnson
I would remind you that extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!
View quotes by Barry Goldwater
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
View quotes by Mario Andretti
Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
View quotes by Frank Herbert
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
View quotes by Adlai Stevenson
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.
View quotes by John Gardner
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