#pursuit

I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth. ↗

— Kevin O'Leary

#bed #go #honest #i #pursuit

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

I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the greatest goal of all mankind. And the same is true of labor and the great democratic sections of our population. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#democratic #force #goal #great #greatest

But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#achieve #better #better world #certainly #clear

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

— Raymond Sokolov

#devoted #island #jersey #lunch #manhattan

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#know #never #poetry #pursuits #scientific

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what you're doing at any given time. ↗

— Joan Sutherland

#basic #basis #comes #develop #doing

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#pursuit #rest #themselves #tire

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#come #easy #effort #joy #premium

Designing posters, for me, is not only a commercial pursuit but also a philosophical endeavor. ↗

— Fang Chen

#endeavor #philosophical #posters #pursuit #design