Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose... →
Max Planck
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Edgar Allan Poe
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a... →
Robert Pozen
In the biblical worldview, the purpose of all creation is to benefit man. This anthropocentric view of nature, and indeed of the whole universe, is... →
Dennis Prager
I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it.
Lisa Marie Presley
Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
Marcel Proust
Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is, that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you... →
George Haven Putnam
The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities.... →
Jim Ramstad
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
Ayn Rand