#intent

You don't just have people who wake up in the morning and say, "What evil things can I do today, because I'm Mr. Evil?" People do things for what they think are justified reasons. Everybody is the hero of their own story, and you have to keep that in mind. If you read a lot of history, as I do, even the worst and most monstrous people thought they were the good guys. We're all very tangled knots. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#good #intentions #motives #people #motivational

Exactly what the powers of hell feed on: the best instincts in man. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#hell #human-nature #instinct #nature

One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121) ↗

— Edward Conze

#words #scripture

Nobody sane wants to disappoint himself intentionally. ↗

— Toba Beta

#sanity #unintentional #sanity

There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#finding #intent #kill #never #presented

When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset. ↗

— Neil Abercrombie

#asset #damn #gave #incredibly #intents

I suppose no man becomes a pocket hunter by first intention. ↗

— Mary Austin

#first #hunter #i #intention #man

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark. ↗

— Christian Bale

#certainly #dark #go #i #intentionally

As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#all day #alright #because #could #day

We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter. ↗

— Bille August

#best #best intentions #bits #certain #complete