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Quotes About Pursuit

The train skimmed on softly, slithering, black pennants fluttering, black confetti lost on its own sick-sweet candy wind, down the hill, with the two boys pursuing, the air was so cold they ate ice cream with each breath.
~ Ray Bradbury
First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.
~ Ray Bradbury
All down the way the pursued and the pursuing, the dream and the dreamers, the quarry and the hounds. All down the way the sudden revealment, the flash of familiar eyes, the cry of an old, old name. Everyone leaping forward as, like an image reflected from ten thousand mirrors, ten thousand eyes, the running dream came and went, a different face to those ahead, those behind, those yet to be met, those unseen... And here they all are now, at the boat, wanting the dream for their own.
~ Ray Bradbury
The more I did, the more I wanted to do.
~ Ray Bradbury
Você pergunta o porquê de muitas coisas e, se insistir, acaba se tornando realmente muito infeliz.
~ Ray Bradbury
And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive cruelty and of excessive devotion. And what is the pursuit of truth, after all?
~ Joseph Conrad
She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,--and there was no answer one could make her--there seemed to be no forgiveness for such a transgression. And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive cruelty and of excessive devotion. And what is the pursuit of truth, after all?
~ Joseph Conrad
Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?' 'Yes, sir, it has.' 'Then why do you do it?' 'To assuage my fears of sexual impotence.
~ Joseph Heller
He was someone in the know who was always striving pathetically to find out what was going on.
~ Joseph Heller
perfection of the life or of the work
~ Joyce Carol Oates
Marianne was not the type to speak of such things, she'd worry she was betraying the boy's confidence, but if the boy was pursuing her, so much more doggedly than other boys had pursued her. Marianne would be terribly distressed. Nothing worried her more than the possibility she'd hurt someone's feelings.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit. Romans 8:5
~ Joyce Meyer
For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.
~ Joyce Meyer
You must understand something. Money is not a sign of achievement.
~ Jude Watson
Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything.
~ Jules Michelet
All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
~ Walt Disney
Adam Smith had already seen, on the generation of needs and desires that will leave us endlessly "rest-less," inadequate, unfulfilled, and in pursuit of that which may satiate desire. Those requirements concern endless predation so that we are a society of 24/7 multitasking in order to achieve, accomplish, perform, and possess.
~ Walter Brueggemann
Sabbath is a big no for both; it is no to the worship of commodity; it is no to the pursuit of commodity. But it is more than no. Sabbath is the regular, disciplined, visible, concrete yes to the neighborly reality of the community beloved by God.
~ Walter Brueggemann
You long for a windfall that will let you quit and pursue your great hobby
~ Walter Kirn
People who are tremendously concerned about their identification, their individuality, their self-expression, or their sense of humor, always seem to be missing the very things they pursue.
~ Walter Lippmann
La felicidad no llega a la puerta, hay que buscarla y pelear por ella.
~ Walter Riso
We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
~ Walter Savage Landor
I could never get a clue what she wants, but she's almighty persistent, I'll tell you that.
~ Wayne D. Dundee
Guys who would ordinarily ignore you in a bar suddenly find you attractive when they see that someone else is talking to you. Maybe it's the idea that you're already with someone, unattainable, that makes the pursuit suddenly seem like a thrilling challenge - or, for the masochists, a hopeless misadventure. Or maybe it's men's competitive nature, trying to beat out all the other suitors once they realize there are others vying for the same person.
~ Wayne Hoffman