#aim

Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing. ↗

— Brad Bird

#because #being #down #feel #gonna

Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine. ↗

— Isabella Bird

#bit #claimed #dried #everybody #gold

So it was flawed in that it didn't require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated part of the market, but not all of the market. ↗

— Gray Davis

#claim #deregulated #first #flawed #market

We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther. ↗

— Paul Biya

#beyond #farther #future #higher #immediate

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#almost #become #boast #boasts #claim

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. ↗

— Hugo Black

#condition #first #full #happiness #lasting

A timeline for bringing U.S. troops home that is negotiated with the Iraqi government would also boost the Iraqi government's legitimacy and claim to self-rule, and force the Iraqi government to take responsibility for itself and its citizens. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#boost #bringing #citizens #claim #force

We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do. ↗

— Joan Blades

#aim #express #fact #in fact #members

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. ↗

— Anita Desai

#aim #any #avoid #fantasy #i

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! ↗

— Denis Diderot

#attempt #complete #desire #destruction #end