#purpose

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If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.


Harold MacMillan


#certainly #get #people #politicians #purpose

The task which we have set ourselves is simply to show why and for what purpose we hold that standpoint during most of our lives, and why and for what purpose we are provisionally obliged to abandon it.


Ernst Mach


#during #hold #lives #most #obliged

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.


Niccolo Machiavelli


#bottom #children #crazy #distinction #egos

If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.


Ziggy Marley


#everything #given #god #good #great

You want to enjoy life, don't you? If you get your job done quickly and your job is fun, that's good isn't it? That's the purpose of life, partly. Your life is better.


Yukihiro Matsumoto


#done #enjoy #enjoy life #fun #get

I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.


Kathy Mattea


#apart #back #back up #being #compass

According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men.


Jonathan Mayhew


#arguing #bad #either #his way #may

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.


Moliere


#comedy #correct #exempt #i #i see

I like being involved in the lighter side of journalism because it serves a purpose, and it's fun. And I can keep my opinions off camera if I want.


Eleanor Mondale


#being #camera #fun #i #i can

It's about getting a more democratic Wales for the purpose of improving our economic performance, for improving the delivery of health care, for raising educational standards.


Ron Davies


#care #delivery #democratic #economic #educational