Quotes with intention

Quotes 21 till 38 of 38.

  • Robin George Collingwood Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Bryn Terfel People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity.
    Bryn Terfel
    Welsh bass-baritone opera singer (1965 - )
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  • Thomas à Kempis Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Ken Blanchard The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
    Ken Blanchard
    American writer
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Brene Brown The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Thomas à Kempis The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Boris Johnson The proposed ban on incitement to religious hatred makes no sense unless it involves a ban on the Koran itself; and that would be pretty absurd, when you consider that the Bill's intention is to fight Islamophobia.
    Daily Telegraph 21 July 2005
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley The third petition of the Lord's Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone's will be done but their own.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Bob Filner To all the women that I've offended, I had no intention to be offensive, to violate any physical or emotional space. I was trying to establish personal relationships, but the combination of awkwardness and hubris led to behavior that I think many found offensive.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Barney Frank Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Otto von Bismarck When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.
    Otto von Bismarck
    German statesman and prime minister (1815 - 1898)
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  • Otto Von Bismarck When a man says that he approves something in principal, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it in practice.
    Otto Von Bismarck
    German statesman and prime minister (1815 - 1898)
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  • John Updike When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are kept - the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and sensation.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Ian Mcewan You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
    Ian Mcewan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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