#pursuit

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#constitution #guarantee #happiness #only #pursuit

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#beauty #because #dangerous #ego #goodness

Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#always #capital #class #class struggle #effective

I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#anyone #believes #big #big government #element

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value. ↗

— Lance Loud

#freedom #had #less #lust #personal

In fact, in more cases than not, when we are rational, we're actually unhappy. Emotion is good; passion is good. Being into what we're into, provided that it's a healthy pursuit, it's a good thing. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#actually #being #cases #emotion #fact

For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping to make our world a safer place. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#dreamed #fathers #founding #founding fathers #freedom

But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#astronomy #attractive #beauty #brilliancy #clear

Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. ↗

— Max Planck

#any #been #discovery #gone #knowledge

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#art #being #bored #commonly #fortune