#pursuit

Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#condition #human #human condition #hunger #me

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#knowledge #pursuit #see #want

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#believe #creed #everlasting #gave #god

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— William Weld

#happiness #helping #i #i think #major

It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us. ↗

— George H. White

#accuser #avenue #closes #hard #idleness

Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that we can be powered by cleaner, more efficient sources of energy. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#cleaner #continue #develop #efficient #energy

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#pursuit #slavery #tool #way #wealth

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice. ↗

— Anita Hill

#based #bias #continues #court #excluding

Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people. ↗

— Jinato Hu

#countries #democracy #democratic #earnestly #mankind

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#being #committed #enriching #focus #genuine