Quotes on the topic: Purpose


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


The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.


Billions have been spent for one purpose and one purpose only: to obscure and distract from the fact that Mitt Romney is backing the identical agenda George W. Bush did.


Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.


I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.


Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude.


Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.


The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.


The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.


The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.


But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.


I've always felt quite singular, even as a child. That I must stay on track to keep my purpose.


God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper.


Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.


I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.


Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.


And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process.


Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.


Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.


Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.