THE DISAPPOINTED MAN SPEAKS.--I sought great human beings, I never found anything but the APES of their ideal.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.
Thomas Jefferson
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better.
William Shakespeare
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
Sir George Savile
The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.
Theodore Roosevelt
I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in it. We must search for fragments, splinters, toenails, anything that has ore in it, anything that is capable of resuscitating the body and the soul.
Henry Rollins
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
Saint Jerome
I have never sought to do anything that might facilitate any sinister attempt to undermine the interests of my country, the United States, which I love.
Johnny Chung
He was a revolutionary fighter for justice, and he sought a radical transformation of America and the world.
James Zogby
A common gene variant conferring elevated risk of (type 2 diabetes) has been earnestly sought by the genetics community for many years.
Kari Stefansson
We sought them out. They are up-and-coming, but the majority of the reason is because of Matt Doherty. It's an interesting story. People want to know how he's doing.
Jim Gorman
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
Annie Dillard
If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
Harriet Martineau
One day, I met him at an autograph party, had him sign the jersey I always sought. I framed it and the pen he used to sign it.
Scott Price
It is disturbing that there are individuals, driven by greed, who have sought to exploit the nation's efforts to assist those victimized by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, ... These cases stand as proof of our continued commitment to pursue and hold accountable those who would seek to profit from the suffering of others.
Chuck Rosenberg
If these [earliest stars] were very massive and formed in the standard cosmological mode, they should have left a signature in the fluctuations of the CIB. That's the signal we sought to measure with these observations.
Alexander Kashlinsky
We got a lead and kept it, and got a great team effort. We sought out good shots and made them.
Gary Holquist
It's the most heavily sought-after award. It's the Oscar of broadcast journalism.
Doug Green
Garnett is a ferocious pass rusher and is extremely solid on offense which made him highly sought-after in free agency. He will provide pressure up front that will help a Stan Davis-run defense dominate.
Sparky Mcewen
She sought refuge, and he came down after, in effect, hunting her.
Joe Durkin
We have found ... that they tend to wait until they have sought legal counsel or financial counsel.
Jim Haynes
If you look through all the different cultures. Right from the earliest, earliest days with the animistic religions, we have sought to have some kind of explanation for our life, for our being, that is outside of our humanity.
Jane Goodall
The concerns expressed in the draft recommendation are based on the wrong premise. The Commission's assessment and the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines advises Ireland to seek to achieve economic stability. This is exactly what the Irish government has sought to do in the budget in a number of ways.
Charlie Mccreevy
We have sought exemptions from hearings for the film actors.
Hastimal Saraswat
We submitted a memorandum to the president and sought his direct intervention in the matter. We appraised him about our plight in the wake of the sealing of shops in residential areas.
Praveen Khandelwal
The meeting with the police commissioner was sought by us and we have offered our full cooperation in the investigations.
Bina Ramani
We?re becoming the competitive team we sought out to be at the beginning of the season.
Manny Malhotra
If the journalist was paying someone for their information, cooperation and participation, the payment may taint the reliability of the story and the truth being sought. Credibility is affected. Some would even put the term 'checkbook journalism' on this matter.
Bob Steele
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
After my last problem, I sought help and didn't wait for anybody to push me. I just did it on my own. Since the last time I had trouble, I've been clean.
Sidney Ponson
By 1835, Mozart's star was rising and any relic connected to him was sought after. We don't know whether his widow was given money for the manuscript or whether it was a sweetener for some kind of financial favor.
Chris Banks
Identity management consists of a set of discrete products that also have elements of overlapping and common functionality: workflow a roles framework; interfaces for self-service and delegated administration, and a directory. Large vendors sought to build portfolios that would integrate by sharing these services, which simplifies their coordinated use by customers.
Jonathan Penn
An Iraq is sought to be created in Iran, and India, unfortunately, is becoming a party to it.
George Fernandes
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Margaret Oliphant
These two features are rare in the condominium market and are highly sought after by buyers.
Brandon Snyder
We've been in talks with movie studios and record labels, and they know, we've got this great primarily male, 18- to 34-year-old demographic, which is highly sought after for them.
Aaron Greenberg
About 70 percent of the parking lot was already full by 7 a.m. at Ross Park despite heavy rains. Jewelry, toys, DVDs and home accessories are the most sought after products. At Sears in Northeast Mall, jewelry and DVD/TV combos are selling well.
Charles Morris
I am extremely excited about the three [coaches] we are adding to the program. Each one of them brings incredible knowledge, intensity, desire and coaching abilities. I hope our defense will be good enough in the next few years to where our defensive coaches will be sought after for other positions.
Rodney Allison
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
Albert Schweitzer
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
Abigail Adams
Our focus at this hospital, today, yesterday and tomorrow, is to ensure a high quality of care. That's the reason we sought the law. We'll continue to do whatever is in the best interest of our patients.
Beth Williams
We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals.
David Armstrong
Those contacts have been constant and numerous. ... They sought and received his cooperation. If they wanted to kick him out of the country, they had a year and three-quarters to do it.
Thomas Nooter
The effect of the auction as a marketplace is already being felt. We sought permission from a few sellers to publish their participation in the auction early in the process.
James Malackowski
He always, always sought out those that had issues. Kids in wheelchairs, or things like that, he would reach out and be kind to them.
Brent Nelson
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho
Various companies have sought refundable credits, and those have been rejected as essentially corporate welfare or handouts based not on economics but solely based on special pleadings.
Lenny Goldberg
Barns are for sale on the Internet. The wood is sought after now.
Lu Donnelly
Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho
Advertising has been effective. When we go to conferences, the port is well-known and we are sought out because they have seen our growth.
Steve Tyndal
While it is certainly possible that some `bad actors' have sought to exploit this crisis for personal gain, I can assure you that their actions are not the actions of the vast majority of the industry.
Bill Douglass
A great book-group book is more than just a great book. For (this list), we sought out 25 titles that encourage engagement, discussion and debate - though we certainly hope there's no significant bloodshed.
Jerome Kramer
I have twice unsuccessfully sought help from Paul Castellano to put down union activities, these actions I regret deeply.
Frank Perdue
This is a collection that has been sought after by everyone in the museum world because it is so great, ... Finally, for reasons I wholeheartedly agree with, it came here.
Lawrence Small
The defendant was not responsible for those crimes. But the Sept. 11 attacks are clearly a part of this case because the defendant sought to duplicate them.
David Laufman
I support a top to bottom investigation into the handling of prisoners in Iraq held by U.S. forces and contractors and severe punishment for those in charge of our military who are found to have turned a blind eye, or worse, actively sought to hide an apparent pattern of inhumane treatment.
Shelley Berkley
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
Dean Acheson
In these finalists, we have sought designs that represent the heights of imagination while incorporating aesthetic grace and spiritual strength.
Vartan Gregorian
Without a doubt, he's the most sought-after sire in the southern hemisphere.
Trevor Lobb
She was a very devout teacher. There was a fanaticism about her in terms of the quality of a performance she sought from her students, and about how they thought about the music they played.
Joel Rosenberg
While the FBI has always, as a first instinct, sought to work cooperatively and closely with computer network service providers, software and equipment manufacturers and many others to fight these crimes, it also became obvious that the FBI needed its own tools to fight this battle.
Donald Kerr
As with other individuals and organizations, we too have seen the proliferation of source code licenses become problematic. We had 10+ Shared Source licenses, and as more and more product groups sought to use source code releases as a means to work with developer communities, this number was only going to rise further.
Jason Matusow
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Abigail Adams
This motion sought to add things to our complaint in compliance with the Clean Air Act, which calls for 60 days notice, The granting of Alexandria's request to file an Amended Compliant will not disrupt this proceeding or unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the parties.
John Britton
Bono said he is involved in things like this (anti-AIDS campaigns) and has sought to learn more about the question of AIDS in Brazil.
Gilberto Gil
Our program will focus on wafer-on-wafer and die-on-wafer structures. Solutions will be sought for both high-performance and low-cost products.
Sitaram Arkalgud
Intel deliberately sought to injure these companies in order to secure their technology.
William Baer
Messages into the future is something that people have always sought to do. In a way, it's a statement of optimism.
Paul Saffo
He becomes the most sought-after lawyer once it is discovered he is actually a rat.
Kelsey Grammer
Better golfers know that solid wedge play can make or break your game. That's why we sought extensive feedback and input from the world's best professional golfers, and then incorporated their comments and suggestions into the Apex Wedges. The result is one remarkable set of wedges.
Drew Isaacman
Who sought to take a leadership role in terms of tolerance, equality and fairness.
Tom Umberg
We've been just impressed with the way he has reached out to us as an organization. I think he very seriously sought our input as to what the university could do to better serve the needs of agriculture.
Jim Magagna
My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought, that smears are not only to be expected but fought, that honor is to be earned, not bought.
Margaret Chase Smith
We were looking for players that were captains of their high school teams and involved in more than one sport. We sought competitors, and we found them. We searched for people of character, guys that really want to be at The Citadel.
Kevin Higgins
It's phase we're going through. Eventually, what is real will be sought after again.
Jimmy Cliff
We had a need and we sought funding for it.
Lynn Stewart
Because Washington County was so narrow, escaping slaves often sought to cross through Maryland here en route to freedom in the North.
Tom Riford
To attain this true peace, Jesus first sought to bring about a revolution of man. In this sense he came for war.
Sun Myung Moon
We are happy this is all behind us. All throughout these negotiations, which resulted in a civil settlement, we sought to assure the jobs and futures of all the very talented people at the Strong companies and to enable Strong Funds to continue to serve its many investors.
Stanley Arkin
Evans said I sought and got a loan of $30,000 from him in the lead-up to the 2003 JFF congress and I found that to be most offensive and embarrassing, because it is not true.
Sheridan Samuels
Often, perhaps even in the majority of cases, it is the friends and associates of the person sought in a Missed Connection that actually see the posting, recognize who is being sought and bring it to their attention.
Jim Buckmaster
We have long sought the answer to the question: Does postmenopausal hormone therapy prevent heart disease and, if it does, what are the risks? The bottom-line answer from [the Women's Health Initiative] is that this combined form of hormone therapy is unlikely to benefit the heart.
Claude Lenfant
I think of Jered as another regular guy. He was highly sought-after coming out of college. On the field, he's a great guy. Off the field, he's a great guy. We just push for each other. We kind of think of each other as friends. If we ever had to go head-to-head, then, yeah, we'd compete.
Jason Vargas
He sought the neighborhoods out rather than waiting for them. He was very shrewd.
John Moran
Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child.
Jack Kerouac
If Peugeot or Renault came back and sought a joint venture, (Ford would) do it.
Krish Bhaskar
The materials sought were not critical to the prosecution case and could just as well be obtained in an orderly fashion by noticed motion.
Robert Sanger
What AOL has sought is to be able to compensate other computer manufacturers for promotional rights that Microsoft has taken for free. Microsoft doesn't like that because it has not faced [this kind of challenge] before.
Kathy Mckiernan
What's striking about this case is these guys thought about and sought every insider trading scheme they could get their hands on.
David Markowitz
Peace on earth - which man throughout the ages has so longed for and sought after - can never be established, never guaranteed, except by the diligent observance of the divinely established order.
Irish Sayings
With this legal opinion, which FIFA itself sought, CAS has laid the foundations for resolving any differences that exist with regard to the World Anti-Doping Code.
Joseph Blatter
[The] article provides welcome guidelines for military psychologists and their patients. No patient should have to risk losing their career because they have sought needed medical attention. Those who sacrifice so much for our country should receive only the best in medical care, and this article goes a long way in outlining what 'the best' should be.
C. Dixon Osburn
We thought we would probably get the benefits because the cuts (Northwest sought) were so extreme, ... The guys are going to have to get other jobs. That will be our message to them.
Ted Ludwig
The truly irreplaceable location of the 1880 Broadway retail condominium, strong sponsorship and exceptional risk-adjusted returns made this a highly sought after investment in both the debt and equity markets.
Steve Kohn
It had been our intention to prevent it (the street party) from occurring this year. It's an event we have sought very, very actively to discourage.
Patrick Deane
[McCain sought his party's nomination in 2000. And during this year's Republican convention he drew quite an audience of Granite State delegates.] We had some people in that delegation who were very close to -- and great fans of -- Senator McCain, ... And they were front and center when he came, and I think that that was totally appropriate after his run four years ago.
Tom Rath
But, we are confident that everyone who sought to be part of the buyout will be approved.
David Teague
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho
If there was a case where it should be sought, for someone who did not have a direct hand in the death of anyone -- it's this one.
Pete White
We'll miss James but we're glad to have been part of the process in getting to that position where his services are highly sought.
Alan Parry
Clearly with any set of results it is possible to put a spin on, but the underlying figures don't lie. We sought to involve leaders in information technology to make the results as useful as possible.
Chris Potter
As far as murder, and murdering him, someone murdered my son; I don't think it has anything to do with the rap industry. That did not murder my son. It is, I can safely say, that if my son did not have the position, the job that he sought out, maybe he would be alive today. But I would not say that the rap industry murdered him.
Christopher Wallace
He was the most sought-after graphic illustrator in New York City. He was making $150,000 a year, which is like a half-million now.
Thomas Sokolowski
Savage capitalism and globalization finished in the 1990s what dictatorship started in the 1970s. State policy favored big business that sought to seize the local markets.
Ana Maria Shua
The Restivos have sought nothing but justice here, not vengence.
Kevin Regan
It was an attempt, a bold attempt, one that succeeded in some respects to obstruct the justice sought by a fellow American citizen. That is heavy. That is soul-searching in its quality. That goes beyond those who would say, 'He committed perjury about sex so what,'.
George Gekas
The three victims sought out were people of color. I don't buy coincidence in this crime of hate.
Marsha Ellison
I think he'll be remembered as a person who sought out the best in someone and tried to bring that out.
Julie Nelson
We have now come to the point when the clarity has to be sought from Yugoslavia.
Martti Ahtisaari
Josh had a phenomenal season. He never missed a practice. He came to get extra workouts in. He worked hard and he sought advice from the coaches to improve and he showed up to every meet ready to wrestle for the team.
Bob Benincasa
He's the consummate professional, played (the game the) right way and lived life the right way. He's not vocal usually, but will say what needs to be said. He was level-headed and everyone sought him out in the clubhouse.
Norm Charlton
We want to win all the one-day games that we can, it's just that we've not had the success we'd sought.
Geraint Jones
[Levy said he and Suozzi had sought to bring a wider variety of perspectives onto the board. Despite the defeat of the legislation, he said they were] able to accomplish 95 percent of our goals administratively. ... more perspectives at that conference table.
Steve Levy
We sought out iconic companies who make iconic products.
Bobby Shriver
We are tremendously disappointed in the events of this weekend, ... But we are heartened that medical attention was sought.
Pauline Hale
He's doing well. He wasn't feeling well back a few weeks ago. Doctors advised him to take some time off. ... Obviously, Parkinson's is a condition that does affect him. He wasn't feeling well, he sought his doctor's advice on it, they advised him to take some time off.
Steve Vetzner
The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning -- in other words, of absurdity --the more energetically meaning is sought.
Vaclav Havel
At the chancellery, he is someone who never pushed himself into the foreground or sought the media spotlight but tried to get positions with consensus from the various ministries.
Martin Koopmann
He was a guy that was sought after by a lot of people. He's got a chance to be a very good player for them. He's a big body. He can score around the basket. He has a nice upside.
Brad Franz
He had sought the advice of their legal counsel who advised there was no conflict of interest.
Mark Zadra
To get help in coercing thousands of workers into union ranks and to obtain at least $1 million in annual dues revenues, UAW officials sold out the very workers they sought to represent.
Stefan Gleason
The statistics seem to reflect that many of the people who sought shelter in and around Houston have decided to stay. Luckily, our market had the available supply of homes for sale and lease to absorb the number of people who needed a place to live.
Lorraine Abercrombie
A particular subset of records sought in a controversial prosecution have gone missing. I think what is needed is for the national archivist to ascertain what went wrong and how to ensure it won't happen again.
Steve Aftergood
QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated. Intent on making his quotation truer, He sought the page infallible of Brewer, Then made a solemn vow that we would be Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me! Stumpo Gaker.
Ambrose Bierce
They sought out every loophole they could to profit from California's misery.
Bethany Mclean
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
Dante Alighieri
Because the success of the online gaming community is so well-known, the Mint sought to use it as a vehicle for its educational information.
Joyce Harris
We want to see what he was thinking at the time. He's the one who received the employment. Was it something that he sought? Was it something that the companies offered to him?
Rep. Christopher Caruso
ICraveTV.com isn't playing by the rules, ... They have neither sought nor obtained permission to use our signals.
Michael Mccabe
Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.
Robert Brault
The only question was if something was sought in return for the check, and the answer is no.
Donald Watkins
(Degas) wasn't somebody who sought prizes. He wasn't interested in the public aspect of it.
Maureen O'brien
There's an overriding public interest here into whether the independent counsel was truly independent -- into whether his jurisdiction was properly sought and properly expanded and that gets to the heart of this whole investigation.
Jim Kennedy
The government has described the situation in Zimbabwe as a 'nightmare regime' and has pledged to support those who can restore good governance there. We should be supporting those who have sought sanctuary here until they feel it is safe to return, and equipping them to rebuild Zimbabwe and restore democracy.
Maeve Sherlock
México is one of the countries with the largest number of investments in Venezuela, which generate 15,000 jobs for Venezuelans. I am sure that this figure may increase if a favorable climate is sought.
Julio Borges
I spoke to Finance Minister on Saturday and have sought time for this evening. I may meet him today or tomorrow.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora
What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time.
John Gunther
His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected.
Emma Willard
The opposition sought to exploit the achievements of the upheaval, so it brokered a deal in Paris in mid-April, which allowed the Lebanese-Syrian police regime to buy time.
Elias Atallah
They refused additional business. They kept it small and created more demand for their product. As a result, when the rest of the market was not doing well, Coach was doing well and was very sought after.
Ellen Goldstein
The historical evidence clearly shows that Lajos Polgar was a leading member of a fascist movement which sought the elimination of Hungarian Jewry.
Efraim Zuroff
Scientists have long sought a sample directly from a known comet because of the unique chemical and physical information these bodies contain about the earliest history of the solar system.
Edward Weiler
Stoltenberg Consulting has worked with us on other projects and has been a trusted advisor. We sought this expertise for our first conversions.
Edith Hunter
We've lost some good teachers, because we've had highly qualified teachers and other counties have sought them out.
Eddie White
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