Aristotle Quotes

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

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• I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.

  

  Paolo Gentiloni
  • Commitment
  • Determination

• I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.

  

  Dalton Trumbo
  • Never
  • Working
  • Class

• Fear is the passion of slaves.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Fear
  • Passion
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• If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Party
  • Government
  • Feel

• I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • Believe
  • War
  • Hate

• Along with our friends in the GCC, the first order of business is stability. Beyond the imperative of stability, the most important priority is job creation for all Bahrainis.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • Important
  • Business
  • Job

• We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Real
  • Defeated

• I grew up in a little bubble of Brooklyn in France! In Stains, I was learning to speak English; I was listening to Biggie Smalls and KRS-One, and so I basically lived the life by proxy. At the same time, I had the same problems and issues they were singing about right next to me, so it was easy to identify with it.

  

  Jacky Ido
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.

  

  Ike Turner Ike & Tina Turner
  • God
  • Man
  • Light

• People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.

  

  Madisen Beaty
  • People
  • Trying
  • Matter

• My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • People
  • Together
  • Opinion

• Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

  

  Maggie Gallagher
  • Love
  • Desire
  • Reason

• I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Famous
  • Driving
  • Prison

• I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you've got bills to pay, you get on with it! I like challenges.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Love
  • Job
  • Challenges

• Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with how smart, creative, or hardworking we are, but it plays powerfully into what society decides we are worth.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Women
  • Society
  • Smart

• I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

  

  P. J. Soles
  • Together
  • Poetry
  • Husband

• The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service

  

  Idries Shah
  • Service
  • Path
  • Human

• The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.

  

  Idries Shah
  • Heart
  • Person
  • Learned

• Photography is full of symbolism, it's a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image.

  

  Sebastiao Salgado
  • Language
  • Photography
  • Able

• Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, 'The 5th Wave,' explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us.

  

  Rick Yancey
  • Believe
  • Because
  • Encounter

• Our eventual aim is simply stated - that there should be no safe haven for terrorists anywhere in the world. We say to the people of Afghanistan: 'You have been ill served by those who have made your country a centre for terrorism across the world. As soon as this stops, the world will work with you to build a better future for you and for your children.

  

  Jack Straw
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• The years were falling over like ducks in a shooting gallery, and it seemed to Mr. Bridge that he had scarcely taken aim at one when it disappeared.

  

  Evan S. Connell
  • Bridge
  • Aim
  • Gallery

• We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

  

  Aristotle
  • Means
  • Aim
  • Desires