#aim

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#aim #earth #get #heaven #neither

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#different #different things #each #expense #gratified

Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act. ↗

— Jenifer Lewis

#been #claimed #ever #friends #i

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America. ↗

— John L. Lewis

#assemble #citizens #crystallized #demand #future

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#claim #contested #creature #fact #inferred

As far as I'm concerned, the people who aren't paying taxes don't get to run around claiming that they built everything, that the built the roads and that they built the bridges and so forth. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#as far as #bridges #built #claiming #concerned

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material. ↗

— John Linder

#claims #contrary #despite #detect #effectively

I never expected that. I didn't aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night. ↗

— O. Winston Link

#expected #get #i #never #nice

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals. ↗

— Belva Lockwood

#building #called #christian #claim #gives

I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children. ↗

— Hugh Lofting

#children #claim #i #illustrating #make