#intention

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#consequently #correct #find #humiliate #intention

I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months. ↗

— Frederick William Borden

#duties #expect #i #intention #months

I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further. ↗

— Stephen R. Donaldson

#either #further #had #i #intention

I like solitude. It is when you truly hear and speak your natural, unadulterated mind, and out comes your most stupid self as well as your most intelligent self. It is when you realize who you are and the extents of the good and the evils which you are capable of. ↗

— Criss Jami

#censorship #evil #extensive #extremes #good

He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention. ↗

— John Leguizamo

#college #dealing #go #good #intention

Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#distribution #even #fatigue #finds #itself

With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention. ↗

— Jon Secada

#always #feeling #felt #first #happy

We make a living by what we give; and live a life by what we have yet to give. ↗

— George Alexiou

#intention #life #living #life

My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

#chance #clear #composition #equation #found

And while his mother's lecture had gone over his seven-year-old head, Pasquale saw now what she meant--how much easier life would be if our intentions and our desires could always be aligned. ↗

— Jess Walter

#desires #intentions #life-lessons #beauty