Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oscar Wilde

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

Swami Vivekananda

Those whose only aim is to barter the energies of life for gold, or name, or any other enjoyment; those to whom the tramp of embattled cohorts is the only manifestation of power; those to whom the enjoyment of the senses is the only bliss that life c

We are closer to answering the question, 'Are we alone in the universe?' ... We aim to answer that question by looking for planets, eventually imaging them and ultimately diagnosing the presence of life on those planets.

Jesse Spencer

When I was doing 'Neighbours,' I was aiming to go to university, then go to med school, but I realised I could make a better living from acting.

Rahul Dravid

We would definitely want to win the match (for a 4-1 series score). We approach each game with the aim of winning it.

Victor Hugo

A society that admits misery, a humanity that admits war, seem to me an inferior society and a debased humanity; it is a higher society and a more elevated humanity at which I am aiming - a society without kings, a humanity without barriers.

Ignatius of Antioch

Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.

Frederick William Robertson

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

Ivan Krastev

The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned about the rise of China and are threatened by the rise of radical Islam.

Pedro Almodovar

The problem is that I work in more than one genre. It's impossible for me to aim for a single one because, for me, comedy is mixed with tragedy. That's very Spanish, the way in which comedy and tragedy are inextricable from each other.

Chiang Kai-shek

Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of the Republic, made it his great aim in his revolutionary leadership to secure freedom and equality of status for China among the nations of the world.

Chiang Kai-shek

My long struggles as a soldier of the Chinese Revolution have forced me to realize the necessity of facing hard facts. There will be neither peace, nor hope, nor future for any of us unless we honestly aim at political, social and economic justice for all peoples of the world, great and small.

Barton Gellman

Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.

While new growth for the year is expected to moderate we aim to exceed overall market growth.

Robbie Williams

I've been asked many times if I considered myself a narcissist, so I looked up the real meaning of the word, and I came to the conclusion that indeed I am one. I think of myself as better than other people, not every person, but many, unique and talented, and I aim to success.

Fail to honor people,they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, 'We did this ourselves.'

George Santayana

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim

But then somebody suggested we do something with the lights and we decided to aim them in a pyramid shape,

Charles Spurgeon

He incurs a fearful amount of guilt who in the least promotes the aim of the Evil One by trampling upon a tender conscience in a child.

We never aim for a 0-0. The 1-1 in the first leg means nothing. We must play with precision and to trust in the force of the team.

Charlene Li

Microsoft's real aim is to build and host a service platform that will be robust enough that other developers will want to use it to deliver their services through it.

David Nicol

We have over 600 contracted business partners and we aim to grow that.

We haven't set a launch date, but we are clearly aiming for May.

We believe the work of this committee was not objective.... The main aim was to cover up for top officials.

We have a lot of information. We may take some time but we will be successful. We will find out who was behind this and what their aim was.

We have been working on measures to further open the capital markets to overseas investors and hope to fulfill the aim this year.

Viruses...have reached rock bottom this year. The aim of creators of this type of threat is usually fame...Now, almost nobody runs the risk if does not lead to financial gain.

Masayoshi Son

With the hefty amount of moving pictures we have prepared, we aim to grab 40 million viewers.

We hope they take the opportunity to save oil and not aim low here.

You always aim to make the team out of training camp. (In the minors), you've got to stick it out and push guys and stay in shape and be ready when the time comes.

Bill Rodgers

You aim to win the same races you won before, but your time is done; there is someone who is hungry, really hungry.

We're aiming to examine the whole idea of these robots.

We're aiming to beat the national record, but we might have to break the world record to win.