Quotes About Pursuit

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.

Despite unprecedented levels of technological advancement and the interconnectedness of the world, the pursuit of truth in the realms of foreign policy and national security remains a critical issue. This is because the level of 'noise' that must be sifted through has also reached an unprecedented size and scope.

I don't fly by the seat of my pants. I set strategies, and then I pursue those in unrelenting fashion.

I want to work. I'd be unsatisfied if I couldn't be pursuing this. But I love my family more. This is really life.

When I left Oxford, I knew I wanted to act, but I was unsure how to go about it.

As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.

For me socialism has never been an intellectual pursuit. It comes from my upbringing and experience.

All the education programmes provided by our foundations are in pursuit of a common vision to upgrade education standards and quality of life.

I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I went to New York and I did 'The Upright Citizens Brigade' out there. I had a two-man show with a guy named Oliver Ralli who's now in the band Pass Kontrol, which is a big band out of New York.

I wanted to find something I was passionate about, something with the possibility of upward movement, and I wanted freedom. I need to be outside living life, not stuck in an office. I figured I could either be out selling condos in Miami, or I could move to L.A. and chase after that elusive actor's job.

America's legacy has been crafted by generations of hard-working men and women who moved to the United States from all over the globe to pursue their dreams.

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Go into something because you really like it, and then do it with a drive and enthusiasm so that it isn't work.

All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure.

The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.

Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work.

I have no understanding as to why you wouldn't try to make what you're passionate about work for you.

We work to earn our leisure.

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.

I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California and went to the Musicians Institute in L.A. I wanted to get better as a player.