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A word too much always defeats its purpose. by Arthur Schopenhauer

A word too much always defeats its purpose.

Arthur Schopenhauer
defeat too-much purpose

The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.

Arthur Young
understanding purpose men
The purpose creates the machine. by Arthur Young

The purpose creates the machine.

Arthur Young
machines purpose

All I can say is that you only realize how big your mountain is once youre laying motionless, helpless, and hopeless in the valley below. No one goes there on purpose, if you get what Im saying, because the only way to find your personal low is to slip and roll down that mountain of yours, straight through to the bottom, no holds barred.

Artie Lange
valleys mountain purpose

TV and film both attract me equally. In both, you do search for a role that would be enjoyable to do, that has a great storyline and then, secondly, you look at the cast and the crew - are they respectable? How I look at it is my character - has the character got enough substance? It can't just be a one faced character, which is there to fill a gap. He has to have a purpose, so if it ticks all of those boxes then generally it's a good choice.

Asa Butterfield
choices purpose character
It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a w... by Ashleigh Brilliant

It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

Ashleigh Brilliant
purpose life funny
How can I fail when I have no purpose? by Ashleigh Brilliant

How can I fail when I have no purpose?

Ashleigh Brilliant
failing purpose
I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I ha... by Ashley Judd

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

Ashley Judd
assured purpose special

In Victorian times the purpose of life was to develop a personality once and for all and then stand on it.

Ashley Montagu
victorian purpose personality

It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose.

Atom Egoyan
important purpose trying

Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor speech.

Auberon Waugh
purpose wish talking

Wake up and create a purpose for yourself. Don't ask the meaning of life, ask yourself the meaning of each given day.

Austin Carlile
meaning-of-life wake-up purpose
The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a... by Ayn Rand

The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.

Ayn Rand
type purpose men
The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to... by Ayn Rand

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

Ayn Rand
committed purpose law

Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things without reason, just like everybody else? You're so serious, so old. Everything's important with you. Everything's great, significant in some way, every minute, even when you keep still. Can't you ever be comfortable-and unimportant?" | Howard Roark: "No."

Ayn Rand
important purpose way
In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpos... by Ayn Rand

In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose.

Ayn Rand
control-of-your-life purpose order

Whoever, to whatever purpose or extent, initiates the use of force, is a killer acting on the premise of death in a manner wider than murder: the premise of destroying man's capacity to live.

Ayn Rand
acting purpose men

Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but the purpose remains the same and the forms are ours to make.

Ayn Rand
errors purpose may

It is a policeman’s duty to retrieve stolen property and return it to its owners. But when robbery becomes the purpose of the law, and the policeman’s duty becomes, not protection, but the plunder of property - then it is an outlaw who has to become a policeman.

Ayn Rand
return purpose law

In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.

B. H. Liddell Hart
purpose military enemy
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