Quotes About Pursuit

Let us grant that the pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit, a refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings.

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.

Life? was what you worked to catch, the intense happiness of an object slightly set apart from you.

they were dashing off upon the track over which they had so recently come-- on the road down the valley with the flood following fast behind them.

Patience grows well in such soil. She is the ally of a soul that makes God its primary pursuit,

What she loved was being admired, being wanted, being pursued—but she did not think she wanted ever to be caught.

Dr. MacDonald was a big heavily-built man in his late forties, with that well-leathered and spuriously tough look you quite often find among a certain section of the unemployed landed gentry who spend a great deal of time in the open air, much of it mounted on large horses in pursuit of small foxes. He

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of property were just what Aristotle did not talk about. They are the conditions of happiness; but the essence of happiness, according to Aristotle, is virtue. So the moderns decided to deal with the conditions and to let happiness take care of itself.

The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.

Now I know that, from this point on, we'll be the ones doing the chasing. And Iike it.

You're following me," I say. "Yes, I am." "That's really annoying." "I'm sure it probably feels that way, yes." I stop. "I can take care of myself." Overhead, the gas in the streetlamp surges. It grows brighter, harsher. There are no shadows anywhere as he looks at me. "That's exactly what worries me.

Somtimes people run to see if you'll ever come after them. -Joe

You're still running." "He's right, you know." Kat stopped at the sound of the voice. Her hand was on the doorknob, freedom just inches away, but it was like she'd forgotten how to unlock a door when she turned around and saw Hale sitting alone at the top of the stairs.

Sometimes, people run to see if anybody will come after them.

The pursuit of scientific knowledge is a symphony of observation, experimentation, and the harmonious dance of imagination and evidence.

When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power.

Another one from the immortals and again i cant remember what book. Haven to Ever In every relationship there is always someone who loves more, my point is no matter how it looks from the outside the truth is, its never really equal, that's just not the way it works,there is always the pursued and the pursuer, the cat and the mouse.

I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but... you can't do that unless you have got a strong economy, unless you have got a vibrant business base earning the wealth that makes that possible.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

People who are passionate about what they do reach financial comfort and wealth more often than those who are not. That argues for doing one of two things. Finding your passion and pursuing it. Or becoming passionate about what you're already pursuing.

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.

Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats to global security.

Until the ayatollahs that run Iran give up the pursuit of nuclear weapons, we cannot and should not ease the pressure on the regime to do so.

Saddam Hussein has been tenacious in his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and, unless he is removed from power, he will eventually harm our nation and our allies. Every moment we delay allows him to grow stronger.