#pursuit

Happiness is the most tired word in any language. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#dissatisfaction #happiness #happiness-life #happy #pursuit-of-happiness

I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Lord Byron

#about #am #course #happiness #i

There is a Beautiful Creature Living in a hole you have dug. So at night I set fruit and grains And little pots of wine and milk Besides your soft earthen mounds, And I often sing. But still, my dear, You do not come out. I have fallen in love with Someone Who hides inside you. We should talk about this problem-- Otherwise, I will never leave you alone. ↗

— حافظ

#beauty

The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression. ↗

— William Vickrey

#balanced budget #budget #depression #drive #economy

The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing but obstruct and inhibit the peace process. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#acknowledged #armed #challenge #continued #does

I've always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There's only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved, and that pursuit is writing. This means, conveniently enough, that I never had to search for my destiny; I only had to obey it. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#considered #conveniently #destiny #enough #ever

I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#difficult #effort #essential #expanded #felt

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. ↗

— Plato

#being #country #following #half #instead

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. ↗

— John Rawls

#constant #finance #function #money #paralyzed

Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch. ↗

— Raymond Sokolov

#devoted #island #jersey #lunch #manhattan