Quotes About Intention

I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!

For me, modelling has been an advantage because if I hadn't been modelling, I would never have been spotted as an actress. I didn't have any intention of becoming an actress.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do.

Among the many arguments to be made against cultural revolutions is that they are monotonous in spirit and monomaniacal in intention.

I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.

I'll never go against my morals.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it. It allows you to really appreciate the hand of the filmmaker.

You've made the time to go to the gym, so don't just go through the motions.

No matter what happens to our game, money won't be a motivation for me.

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. I was a little bit different.

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive.

When you are doing a film for money or to help a friend out, be clear about the motives and then finish what needs to be done.

The teacher spoke: 'There could of course be some rational explanation. But why shouldn't a karamah operate by rational means? After all, miracles aren't the same as magic.' I asked if he thought al-Shadhili would perform a karamah for a non-Muslim. 'If your intention in visiting him is good, why not?' said the teacher.

In many ways he was like America itself, big and strong, full of good intentions, a roll of fat jiggling at his belly, slow of foot but always plodding along, always there when you needed him, a believer in the virtues of simplicity and directness and hard labor.

But maybe it's better to be an outlaw with purpose than a citizen without.

We waste time searching for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

The only end some things have is the end you give em.

Good relationships are built on a solid foundation. Without this foundation, no amount of hard work will make your relationships what God intended them to be.

It described a horse without telling the listener how he intended to use the horse.

Books, the estate agent had told him, provide excellent insulation, and since the heating bills would be very considerable in any event, he might as well leave them there even if he had no intention of ever reading them.