Purposes Quotes (1644 Quotes)

We've said consistently that the federal government should not take more in tax from people than they need for program expenditure purposes, because while Alberta is very competitive tax-wise, Canada is not,

Some of the Sago miners requested that the United Mine Workers be their representatives for the purposes of this investigation, and they have a right to be there. Together, the state and MSHA made a commitment to the families that we would conduct a fair, open investigation, and we decided we needed to take this extraordinary step to keep that commitment.

Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it.

Leash the anger on purpose. Unleash it when falling apart.

We do see human body parts come in, but typically they're used for research purposes.

Under the Governor's plan all the funds raised by these initiatives would have to be used for transportation purposes. If they were used for other purposes they would immediately expire.

These kinds of services are really important because they serve a purpose with customer loyalty, and maintaining that relationship beyond the warranty period. But also, the tune-up covers areas that are also cost drivers for warranty.

It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other purposes, then they can use other dollars to fund abortion.

Government should lift the state of emergency because it has already served its purpose, which was to protect the country from clear and present danger.

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Anyone who is able to come down from the mountains gets relief and medical assistance at the camps established for this purpose. They do not have to cross the Line of Control to find relief assistance.

We never saw a golf course, we never saw tennis, we never went anywhere other than the facility that's there in Toronto, ... I got back on the plane thinking that the purpose of our trip was well-founded, well-received and well-reported.

The animal was detected on the farm where it was born and no part of this animal entered the food for human consumption or feed for animal consumption purposes.

The main purpose is to exploit you. Well, it's a great honor to be exploited.

Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every facultyhow to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.

It's not like I'm delaying this on purpose. There are some reasons, and we still have 160 days before the opening of the regular season. So I don't know if the decision will be made by Saturday.

Teamwork is neither 'good' nor 'desirable.' It is a fact. Wherever people work together or play together they do so as a team. Which team to use for what purpose is a crucial, difficult and risky decision that is even harder to unmake. Managements have yet to learn how to make it.

I don't think we want to erase it. It definitely says to our team that we have a real challenge ahead of us. We want to use it for scouting purposes. We don't want to erase any part of the season.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Such a criminal act will definitely arouse passion among Shiites -- they (insurgents) want the Shiites to attack the Sunnis and that will serve the insurgents' purpose. They want to trigger sectarian crisis.

Interest in global circumnavigation is older than Christianity itself. In fact, if the following quotation is to be credited, some attempts at circumnavigation predated the birth of Christ 'As for the rest of the distance around the inhabited earth which has not been visited by us up to the present time (because of the fact that the navigators who sailed in opposite directions never met), it is not of very great extent, if we reckon from the parallel distances that have been traversed by us... For those who undertook circumnavigation, and turned back without having achieved their purpose, say that they were made to turn back, not because of any continent that stood in their way and hindered their further advance, inasmuch as the sea still continued open as before, but because of their destitution and loneliness.'

Polling done for the purposes of publicizing results is meaningless. And I think the media are guilty of spending too much time on polls People don't vote based on polls.

We have seen issues in Iran that we need to understand before we can say that we are satisfied that all activities in Iran are exclusively for peaceful purposes.

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

The word philosophy simply means a pursuit of wisdom, the purpose of life, and a search for Truth. However, this quest, because it originates with man, can never find the answers. In fact, man cannot reach God or know God by intellectual pursuit.

It's a group buying experience that leverages the eBay effect, ... Once people buy things they generate a lot of traffic. They tend to keep coming back and that's a lot of additional page views for advertising purposes.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

There are all told about 1,700 koans, of which present-day Japanese Zen masters use only 500 to 600, since many are repetitious or are not so valuable for training purposes.

We're starting to play with more of a purpose now, and a clear concept of what we're trying to accomplish out there.

Toshiba is committed to anti-proliferation efforts and will work with U.S. and international authorities, as well as with the Westinghouse team, to ensure that nuclear technologies are only used for peaceful purposes.

The purpose was to ensure that our instructors can teach and our students can learn in a conducive educational environment in which classroom learning opportunities are not undermined by disruptive behavior.

I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.

We really played a solid game all the way through for the first time. Everything we did was with a purpose.

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country so that we have a reasoned and thoughtful approach and that the American public buys into it.

Our commitment to training goes beyond just increasing our employees' knowledge base. We are supporting the overall mission and goals of BBT. We do everything with a purpose and a strategic plan, and we require measurable results.

We were especially gratified that he brought in VCU art faculty members to consult on what the museum needed in its expansion to make it more useful for educational purposes,

This is a wonderful urban stream that is in dire need of a lot of work. It is, to all intents and purposes, dead.

I think that when you look at the master plan for post secondary education and where the state can best use its resources, it's going to achieve that purpose.

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

Aim at love, and you will always succeed. Aim at success, and you will, most likely, end up looking at yourself on a mirror. Aim at comfort, and you will miss the passion of service, the intensity of purpose, and the honor of knowing you lived the only LIFE you were given on this earth, for something greater than yourself

The party's united. Our purpose is clear. Our cause is just,

We came out and played with a purpose. We played hard and smart for the most part. We know Everett is a good team and they deserve our best. We were pretty hungry all night.

We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience.

I am no professional politician-which is perhaps why I am continually obsessed by the question as to the purpose served by the work done by my friends and myself, as well as its final result.

If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did.

Users only request a referral for a specific business or career purpose. It's not something 'extra' they work on, but a more efficient way of doing what they already do.

It should be noted that where a property transaction is cancelled for the purposes of avoiding or evading transfer duty, there is no true cancellation of the agreement and duty will be raised as if the original agreement had not been cancelled.

It is a psychological fact that you can influence your environment and thoughts. If you do so consciously and with high purpose, you can change your habits and attitudes for the better.