#object

They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge. ↗

My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their objective by working within their sphere of influence, whether their political party or community of faith. ↗

— James P. Moran

#anyone #attempt #community #explanation #faith

In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live as an experience, whatever the final result may be. ↗

— Alberto Moravia

#experience #external #final #life #live

At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action. ↗

— Walter Pater

#bury #calling #experience #external #external objects

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. ↗

— Walter Pater

#beautiful #beauty #being #certain #correct

It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house. ↗

— River Phoenix

#anyone #clean #could #else #house

Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective. ↗

— Lewis Thompson Preston

#bank #objective #overarching #poverty #would

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#chair #difficult #easier #famous #object

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. ↗

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

#choose #great #great mind #important #life

This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle. ↗