Object Quotes

Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.

No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

Painting is seen as picture making, the making of an art object, something that can stand on its own.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly.

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration.

It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object.