Quotes with intention-something

Quotes 101 till 120 of 1811.

  • Thomas Carlyle A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Don Marquis a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Martin Luther King A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Gerald Stanley Lee A man's success in business today turns upon his power of getting people to believe he has something that they want.
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  • Virginia Woolf A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Aaron Copland A melody is not merely something you can hum.
    Aaron Copland
    American composer and writer (1900 - 1990)
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  • Graham Greene A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
    Graham Greene
    English writer (1904 - 1991)
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  • Byron Howard A nice thing about being at Disney is that these movies can develop into a presence in theme parks and become something real, or maybe get a sequel or tell other stories.
    Byron Howard
    American film director and producer (1968 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Sir Alec Guiness A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.
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  • T. S. Eliot A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • John Banville A plot begins when somebody has something to hide.
    A Death In Summer
    John Banville
    Irish writer (1945 - )
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  • Thomas Moore A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roué to retire upon.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • C. S. Lewis A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Samuel Johnson A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation - a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Russell B. Long A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.
    Russell B. Long
    American Democratic politician (1918 - 2003)
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  • W. H. Auden A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Brad Feld A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Mahatma Gandhi A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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