#aim

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#dread #fear #follow #humble #inmost

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#claim #culture #deepest #derive #existence

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#action #aimed #changing #courses #designs

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated. ↗

— William E. Simon

#american citizen #approach #aware #citizen #elitist

The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band. ↗

— Charlie Simpson

#band #being #better #busted #claim

There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#claims #hard #numbers #slippery #those

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves. ↗

— Peter Singer

#children #concern #ethical #good #good people

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#aim #already #assuring #encourage #flattery

As a result, ways out of the crisis are being intensively searched for at all levels - ways, which, however, aim at maintaining the whites' control over the country. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#being #control #country #crisis #however

There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game. ↗

— Delia Smith

#anything #art #casual #claim #cooking