#purpose

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. ↗

— Washington Irving

#great minds #minds #others #purposes #wishes

There are many alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, alternatives with great potential. We need to support these and oppose creating life for the sole purpose of destroying it. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#cell #cell research #creating #destroying #embryonic

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit. ↗

— Shoeless Joe Jackson

#base #could #get #getting #hit

The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility are exactly like those of the splinters applied to a broken limb in surgery. ↗

— William Falconer

#any #application #applied #broken #employed

There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#danger #death #made #nothing #our

I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#always #assured #gift #had #i

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world. ↗

— Wynonna Judd

#about #being #being famous #crazy #crazy world

One thing I was thinking about is that they probably get their come-uppance about the same percentage that people in real life do. Basically, stealing for all practical purposes might as well be legal in New York. ↗

— Mike Judge

#basically #get #i #legal #life

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. ↗

— Carl Jung

#being #darkness #discern #existence #far

That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed. ↗

— Mitch Kapor

#chartered #government #nonprofit #purposes #receives