We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
Eric Hoffer
Related If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON To say to that you will never forget ,is always a sincere and an honest way to express ones self to ... GARY F EVANS... The question is not whether the ends justifies the means, or the means justify the ends, but rather ... JIM GENOVESE We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave pu... KAMI GARCIA Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. It isn’t always true that a critical end justifies desperate means. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH In my opinion, if, as the result of certain combinations, FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI Everyone has natural feelings. Given the circumstances as he presents them ... sure. But again, we s... BILL BAVASI I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So... MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL We don't take a position one way or another on the war. We just hope the war ends soon. GREGORY JONES You cannot have the right to do what is wrong! ABRAHAM LINCOLN Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one. ROBERT E. LEE Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one. ROBERT E. LEE One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means ... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Beginnings do not divulge their ends, MARTY RUBIN We needed to have a good start on both ends of the floor. We wanted to play 94 feet. We didn't want ... GREGG GRINSTEINNER We were consistent on both ends of the court. DICK BENNETT We wanted to sustain a consistent effort on both ends of the court and we did that. SOL JONES Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer. ERIC HOFFER It's two disappointing loses but we can't really hang our heads down because we were right there. We... DIRK NOWITZKI It's the imperfections that make things beautiful JENNY HAN We are shopping Eric. Obviously, we would much rather have Eric released. But if we can work out a t... GREG JOHNSON We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO It was a good game. They played hard on both ends. The first game we played against them, we pretty ... EDWIN WHITE God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive. EDWIN LOUIS COLE I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ... HLONIM They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned. JACK KEROUAC I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my... JACK KEROUAC I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographi... CORY DOCTOROW Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever. SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO We appreciate the help you have given us so far, but your usefulness ends here. PATRICIA BRIGGS But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the m... ALDOUS HUXLEY I think we were a little shocked at how active they were defensively. They came out firing on both e... BEN VOOGD Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward. ZENA WYNN Biologists are split on this point. A lot of scientists regard natural selection as one of the means... GLENN BRANCH The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN Many people are blinded by the ends that the research hopes to produce and are willing to go to any ... LARRY WEBER It ends up with about four people on the line reaching for the tools we give them. BECKY JOHNSON I told them at halftime to get more aggressive. We did get more aggressive on both ends of the court... DEREK HEYLIGER I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we... SAMANTHA HARVEY We hang on our defense. It's always been that way. We made some mistakes, but none of them killed us... BRAD SCOTT We just played well on both ends of the floor. We expected pressure, which we didn't get early. DAVE GLASGOW It's hard for both sides of the family. We hurt on both ends. ANDRE COHEN And why love things you were destined to lose? Why let yourself feel things if the feelings were doo... GARTH RISK HALLBERG To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. B... WALTER M. MILLER JR. Standing on the edge of that darkness, she felt the stirrings of reckless want. A wild sort of brave... EMILY LLOYD-JONES Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become. CRAIG GROESCHEL So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You think the end justifies the means, however vile. I tell you: the end is the means by which you a... WILHELM REICH The means are inconsequential, only the ens matter RITA STRADLING About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the
ends. PAUL DICKSON About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. HERBERT HOOVER I felt we could cut down on their passing lanes. We didn't get much pressure on them, but the lineba... WES LITTLEFIELD In England and America, a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable th... REBECCA WEST In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable tha... REBECCA WEST We think a flower on a cliff is beautiful
Because we stop our feet at the cliff's edge
Unable to ste... SOSUKE AIZEN We are transitioning rapidly from a traditional manufacturing and agricultural society to a competit... MICHAEL HARRIS Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost. ... FABRIZIO DE ANDRé The last time we played them, we got down early and then slowed down on both ends of the floor. But ... FRED FEBACH But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. ELIZABETH PETERS But when have I ever needed saving? "Are you a Wendy?" I whisper to myself, scanning the low ro... TRACY WARD We need everyone to continue working hard on both the offensive and defensive ends so we can be eigh... DAVE BOSSO We just have to execute in the last five minutes like we have done all game. It's not from a lack of... CEDRIC SIMMONS Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like ... TSUGUMI OHBA Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. IMMANUEL KANT God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive. Because what is negative about... SHANNON L. ALDER The demonstration, which ends on Friday, is the first one we have held in China, and in fact the fir... LINTON BROOKS And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather... NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI Nothing ever really ends. That’s the horrible part of being in the short-story business—you have... KURT VONNEGUT JR. I am grateful for the lessons I learned from my parents' sacrifices. They often had trouble maki... RICK SCOTT About the time we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. HERBERT HOOVER About the time we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. HERBERT CLARK HOOVER Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past...... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD We had to put three months (of preparation) into one, ... We were going night and day, burning the c... MARK SNYDER There's always someone to tell you you have to. Wrong. Don't. Rather, spend time finding out who you... SHIRLEY JONES The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. ROBERT KENNEDY The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends. HERBERT HOOVER I've always felt that, given the fact that we would be fully automated, we would be able to pass on ... DAVID KRELL A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on... RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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