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Every pursuit is great when greatly pursued.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

Oscar Wilde

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

Oscar Wilde

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

Oscar Wilde

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

Aldous Huxley

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.

Sallust

Let us grant that the pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit, a refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings.

Alfred North Whitehead

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Lawana Blackwell

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

C. P. Snow

You can't enjoy freedoms, you can't think about the quality of life of your citizens, you can't think of a future for your citizens or jobs or economic prosperity, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, if you can't provide a level of security for the country itself.

Martha Rainville

The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice, and the desire for personal independence - these are the features of Jewish tradition that make me thank my stars that I belong to it.

Albert Einstein

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

Robert Herrick

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

George F. Will

I'm glad the leftists are spending their time in pursuit of that effort. I'd like the sun to rise in the West, but that isn't going to happen either.

Bill Peaslee

We got after it good today. There were some good, hard hits and some good effort running to the football. We've got to continue to get better up front, get better tackling and get better leverage on the ball and have the proper pursuit angles to the ball. We don't understand that yet, but we're getting there.

Will Muschamp

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Voltaire

MDEA will continue to work closely with all interested agencies to coordinate an effective, cooperative pursuit of those individuals who choose to sell drugs in Down East Maine. The actions of these suspected criminals only serve to perpetuate a problem that already impacts far too many families.

Darrell Crandall

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

US Declaration of Independence

It has been a life-long pursuit for me, ... Running is an affair of youth. It helps you through adolescence and, for me of course, at a certain point it opened doors. I met people, and traveled. Of course it can make life more exciting and fulfilling.

Roger Bannister

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

These actions will allow us to reduce costs without impairing our new product development activities in pursuit of long-term growth opportunities.

Jerry Sanders

Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.

Max Planck

Golf is the pursuit of the infinite.

Jim Murray

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

Carrie P. Snow

Aspiring to a small business that does what it does very well is a noble pursuit.

Narenda Rocherolle

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.

Northrop Frye

We will definitely look at it through our office of seafood and determine whether there is something that requires further pursuit.

David Acheson

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.

John Maynard Keynes

The stand India has taken according to us is not in conformity with the pursuit of an independent foreign policy. It is in our national interest to maintain good relations with Iran.

Prakash Karat

I went after my dream. We all have dreams. We need to respect the dreams of others and support one another in the pursuit of that dream.

Pam Dreyer

The idea was to talk to people about the pursuit of happiness without actually [pointedly] interviewing them. We had no agenda. It was like collecting stories. It was very much an oral history project.

Brian Reed

We've had some students who enjoyed these types of programs so much they've made the pursuit of music a big part of their lives. We've even had some go on to perform with the marching and concert bands at Westmoreland High School.

William Johnson

The pursuit of truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up with it.

Clarence Darrow

It is all symptomatic of the pursuit of the demands of the Washington consensus.

Dennis George

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

Mario Cuomo

I guess there's more to team pursuit than having one superstar on the team like [American] Chad Hedrick. It's really about how efficient you are as a team, and that's where we are very, very strong. We all communicate very well and we're all friends. It's awesome.

Arne Dankers

About the same time, the people in the pickup truck realized they were being followed and it turned into a pursuit.

Robbie Burroughs

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Guillaume Apollinaire

He knew something about everything. He was a walking encyclopedia. You couldn't play him in Trivial Pursuit. You could only try to contain him. He had not only read about everything, he had been there.

Scott Fraser

In America we believe in Life, Liberty - and the pursuit.

Al Diamond

In a way she is paying the price for competing in the team pursuit. It took a lot out of her but she is very proud to have achieved this with the team with Claudia (Pechstein).

Michael Schirp

I am proud of our president, our troops, and our allies, ... Yes, we are fighting to preserve our national security. But we are also fighting to preserve the universal ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Dennis Hastert

We're trying to create an identity for ourselves, ... What Tony is big on is taking the ball away and pursuit to the ball.

Gary Brackett

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

John Kenneth Galbraith

We are arriving at a new frontier in our pursuit of ever-smaller structures.

Lloyd Smith

It was a hobbyist pursuit that served a much narrower niche.

Dylan Brooks

Clearly there are products that compete or overlap in that [SOA] space, but when we [HP and Oracle] get together on a particular pursuit of a client, we will look for the best solution.

Tim Treat

There is no calling in life nobler than to serve the people of one's nation in pursuit of the Jeffersonian ideal of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." I, for one, feel privileged every day, every single day to be able to serve the people of the Philippines and to be associated with democrats like you from all over the world.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

During the pursuit, he did reach speeds of over 100 mph.

John Britt

Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way.

John Stuart Mill

Politics is the pursuit of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

George Jean Nathan

Today though we found the suspect walking at an address on Scenic Drive in the county. They actually got into a foot pursuit with him before we lost him.

Kelley Cradduck

It is also my opinion that further pursuit of a perjury/obstruction charge against Wayne Jensen would not only be difficult at best, but would be entirely counterproductive to what should be the central and overarching purpose of the prosecution of this incident.

Scott Roberts

As a result of this finding, the poker winnings were classified as income derived from a hobby, and thus not subject to Australian tax. The distinction between the conduct of a business and the mere pursuit of a hobby is often a difficult distinction to draw. However, the fact that you excel at a particular hobby should not be fatal for tax purposes.

Peter Donovan

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

Lawrence Block

Defensively, we were very pleased with the way we played. Our defense is very athletic and we have great pursuit to the ball.

Jeff Wrede

The pursuit of the small business has always been the holy grail of e-commerce.

Geoffrey Bock

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

Julia Ward Howe

The distinction between the conduct of a business and the mere pursuit of a hobby is often a difficult distinction. However, the fact that you excel at a particular hobby should not be fatal for tax purposes.

Peter Donovan

What people don't fully realize is that we view ourselves as expendable in the pursuit of a high purpose, ... If he or anyone else should perish, that's okay. We've recovered from it before and we will again.

Scott Carpenter

It was a very moderate speed pursuit. The suspects weren't driving very erratically. When they crashed, they actually avoided a collision with another vehicle.

Robert Gibbs

Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.

Preston Manning

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Younger

Every one of the police department and the sheriffs department people need to come have a place where they can do high-speed pursuit, high-speed training, and learn how to handle a car in these kinds of situations.

Mike Oakland

I was trying to maintain my ethical compass and do what was right. But in pursuit of what was right for the group, I fell into a trap.

Cathy Schulman

MERCHANT, n. One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.

Ambrose Bierce

I've never seen that happen before. I've seen it in a pursuit, but not two separate accidents. The thing is, it could have happened to any car out there.

Jeff Harper

Taiwanese should not feel depressed at the tumultuous situation in the pursuit of democracy, for Taiwan has actually achieved the highest level of freedom.

Mark Palmer

...I have concluded that Literature is no proper pursuit for a gentleman; and that Writing ought never to be consider'd but as an elegant Accomplishment to be indulg'd in with infrequency, and Discrimination.

H. P. Lovecraft

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Involving our kids in the market economy and various commercial activities too early will have a negative impact on their healthy growth, and the pursuit of fame and money will put them under great pressure and even lead to mental trauma.

Cai Zixing

Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.

Jinato Hu

The vehicle is based in large part on the Pontiac Pursuit.

Jim Hopson

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

William Carey

Bert and his wife, Iris, have been extraordinarily committed to the development of soccer at all levels in northeast Ohio, and his passion for the game, his unflinching dedication to community service and his pursuit of excellence in all his endeavors both professionally and personally will never be forgotten.

Don Garber

When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone.

Yoshio Taniguchi

The bottom line is that government cannot cut constitutional corners even in pursuit of a goal it identifies as being for the public good.

Graham Boyd

Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive.

William Dunbar

We have only to keep the end in view, and have our hearts thoroughly engaged in the pursuit of it, and means will not be very difficult.

William Carey

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The avoidance of taxes is the only pursuit that carries any reward.

John Maynard Keynes

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.

William Lamb Melbourne

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

John Rawls

He was in constant pursuit of new challenges. He chose to be a passing quarterback when a pass was used in desperation.

David Friedman

Along the way I discovered that science was not the straightforward pursuit of truth one learned about in school. It, too, was full of interpretation, nuance, even ideology.

Arthur Shapiro

We always had fun together. We enjoyed playing board games together. My mother's favorite was 'Trivial Pursuit' ... she always won. She also loved 'Jeopardy.' She always knew all the answers.

Meghan Bright

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

Joyce Grenfell

I'm so distraught, it's breaking my heart. What happened to his civil rights? Where is his pursuit of happiness?

Joanne Pratt

Memory is a very amorphous thing. It is selective and shaped by emotion . . . people are constantly in pursuit of the details of their past because it is from that they determine their own identity upon which they can base their strategy of survival.

Will Eisner

International police action against the factories and distribution networks should be as uncompromising as that applied to the pursuit of narcotic smuggling.

Howard Zucker

We should leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of a winning bid.

Lord Coe

Whether they're successful in that pursuit remains to be seen.

Richard Peterson

As much as I appreciate private land, it is nice to know that you're in a spot where if you see elk you can go get them and not have to wonder how many orange signs there are between you and that animal. It allows for a real pursuit.

Randy Newberg

This deferred prosecution demonstrates that the FBI has maintained their vigilance in the pursuit of individuals and companies who misreport gas prices that affect the California energy markets.

Joe Ford

The pursuit is still going on and the investigations into this are being conducted.

Nasser Joudeh

These funds will allow UW-Oshkosh to track energy use trends through the collection of metered data and will enable facility managers and others to further optimize energy conservation on campus. We're extremely please that we can help UW-Oshkosh in its aggressive pursuit of wise environmental stewardship.

Stephen Anderson

Nobody thought we could pull it off. There's more to team pursuit than having one superstar on the team, like Chad Hedrick (of the U.S.).

Arne Dankers

If anybody lets up, along any of the cracks, he's such a good back he'll find it. So we really sold pursuit on him, and getting 11 helmets to the ball.

Jim Knowles

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

Chris Morris

The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.

Derek Jarman

We decided our goal was to shift from pure pursuit of market share to pursuit of profitability.

Charles Ardai

We're celebrating life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Jennifer Robertson

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Barry Goldwater

We remain committed to our customers, and the new rates, which continue to be competitive, reflect our relentless pursuit to continuously invest in our business.

Dan Mchugh

Our pursuit team is very strong, and can win a medal. I want to be part of that.

Shannon Rempel

In pursuit of money, man descends to the level of the beast. Money is of the nature of manure. Piled up in one place, it pollutes the air. Spread it wide; scatter it over fields; it rewards you with a bumper harvest.

Atharva Veda

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Frank Norris

That the Indians possess the inherent right of expatriation as well as the more fortunate white race, and have the inalienable right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' so long as they obey the laws and do not trespass on forbidden ground.

Standing Bear

[The concert] will be the pinnacle of our Olympic Day celebrations and demonstrate Beijing's determined endeavor as a bid city, and the Chinese people's passion in pursuit of Olympic ideals.

Jiang Xiaoyu

Charlie Daniels has left an indelible mark on American music ... because of his lifelong pursuit of an artistic vision that has been both innovative and respectful of tradition.

Del Bryant

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Mortimer Adler

Truth is a pursuit, it's a quest. And proof is certainly in the pudding in this particular instance, because the film, and the evidence accumulated in making the film, led to this man's release from prison. And that's hardly ever happened, if it's happened at all, in any other film that I can think of.

Errol Morris

They (the kidnappers) were terrorists from the south. We have not identified their specific group . . . We have launched pursuit operations.

Edilberto Adan