Purposes Quotes (1644 Quotes)

The thing I remember most is how efficient he was. He didn't make a lot of flashy moves, but he did everything with a purpose. And he never missed a shot I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about him.

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

The new contract would be more useful for hedging purposes.

He came back with a purpose, and it's going to be very, very interesting. If he keeps going the way he is, and stays around, he's going to make us better.

And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

As if it was an injury, teams have to overcome adversity. What you see is a team that's very spiritual and plays with a purpose. We were playing with lots of emotion and a lot of intensity. What I like about it is it's consistent. It was a complete, total team effort.

We were lacking some confidence and a sense of purpose that you want to start with. But nobody was panicking (at halftime), and we didn't change anything. We just came out and executed better.

In a letter to Buyer, the chairman and the ranking Democrat on the House ethics committee said they had gathered additional information concerning the alleged conduct ... did not forward or otherwise provide officially obtained identifying information on military absentee voters to anyone for political or campaign purposes.

We hope to build some sort of cordial working relationship with the village. Construction and planned acquisition for all intents and purposes is still going to move forward.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention - something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be.

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

In honoring her legacy in this way, we are reminded that the power of one person, acting with a singularity of purpose, driven by the ideals of justice, is infinite, ... As we grieve the loss of Rosa Parks, we recommit ourselves to her lifelong struggle to create an America that reflects the hopes and aspirations of all of its citizens.

A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.

I guess we had added incentive because it was 'Senior Night' and we wanted to go out with a bang. More than the streak, the most important thing is that we come into every game with pride and with purpose. I think we brought a lot of heart and a lot of courage tonight, and that's what made the difference for us at the end.

This is a valid public purpose. We're condemning this so residents have a grocery store within a reasonable distance of their homes.

We are obviously going to get it open as soon as we can and we will have to wait to see for safety purposes.

I think what it makes sense for political people to do is not to get on the stage, not issue press releases ... and not exploit it for political purposes, but simply put on a pair of blue jeans and a sweatshirt and go and be part of the crowd.

For their own purposes, they enshrine the Lord in the heart all pain, suffering and disease are taken away.

We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

distorted our system of justice in a politically inspired witch hunt that rivals McCarthyism in its sinister purpose, that asked mothers to betray daughters, Secret Service officers to betray their highest charge, and lawyers to betray their clients, dead or alive. All in search of a crime to justify five years of work and more than 40 million of taxpayer's money.

My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy.

So for my studio purposes, I know that I'm in my studio with technicians who've done amazing things to my board and to my power amps and I know what I can deliver out of my studio.

A man, foreseeing that another will do a certain act, and in nowise controlling or even influencing him may use that Action as an instrument to effect his own purposes.

You've been supporting our men and women in the military long before there was ever an America Supports You program. The purpose of America Supports You, remember, is for us to highlight what you do . . . for us to help bring national visibility to your organizations.

For women who are documented to have heart disease, women who have angina, who have had a heart attack, who've had bypass surgery, who've had angioplasty, that hormone therapy not be started for the purpose of cardiac protection, and the reason for it is for the potential early risk.

The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms.

It would be a tragedy, I believe, to see this kind of a green facility simply bulldozed simply for the purpose of houses. There are a number of projects underway today for green spaces, both within Wake Forest as well as northern Wake County, particularly around (Falls) Lake. So, we see this as another opportunity that shouldn't simply be bulldozed.

Because its purpose is to create a customer, your business has two purposes and two purposes only Marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation make you money, generate sales, produce profit. Everything else is an expense...

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul, that is to say of its eternal survival after death but, in any case, this assumption completely fails to accomplish the purpose for which it has always been intended. Or is some riddle solved by my surviving forever Is not this eternal life itself as much of a riddle as our present life.

We are taking a robust, step-by-step development approach. The purpose of this mission is to demonstrate and validate the core technology, such as the inflation process, as well as the durability and longevity of the vehicle when actually exposed to the on-orbit environment for a period of years.

The move away from tape as a primary means of restoring data, and using tape for archiving purposes, we think is going to become very broad in the industry.

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

We therefore urge the local authority to be innovative and forge partnerships with the private sector for the purpose of joint ventures in the provision of housing to those in need of accommodation.

The inspectors are going back in for one single purpose, and that is to make sure that Iraq is complying with the agreements it make at the end of the Gulf War to give up all weapons of mass destruction activity, ... The only way we can be sure of that is if the inspectors go back in, are allowed to do their work.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

This is the true joy in life being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Steadfastly determined to address global warming, the European Union said this week that it will adopt a more flexible approach to the problem for the purpose of gaining allies in the effort, but that a softer approach should not be confused with a softer stance on the issue. It is not a sign that the European Union is in some way diminishing our strong pursuit of strong action to tackle climate change, ... We have to engage with other players and we cannot simply dictate.

I have my own charity I am trying to get off the ground as well, which some of my concerts go toward funding, ... I am building a school-the Roberta Flack School of Music-in two brownstones I purchased in New York City. The purpose is to help other young musician artists just as I received good teaching and help from my family and friends back home.

Addressing those harms, has really been the purpose of our action all along and we moved substantially in ways that I think demonstrated that we had been flexible and open-minded and we will continue to be,

Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.

We have seen a narrowing of the purpose of the newspaper in the eyes of its owner. Under the old local owners, a newspaper's capacity for making money was only part of its value. Today, it is everything.

But I do understand that the purpose of a reporter's privilege is not to somehow elevate journalists above other segments of society. Instead, it is designed to help guarantee that the public continues to be well-informed.

Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.

Certain e-journals may likely only be viewed from the reading room because anything else might undermine the publisher's business model, and that is not the purpose of a legal deposit.

I personally believe that each of us was put here for a purpose - to build not to destroy. If I can make people smile, then I have served my purpose for God.

He seemed to have a purpose. He was driven. Big things were looking ahead for that young man.