Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.
Felix Frankfurter

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
Aristophanes

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Mohandas Gandhi

Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch.
Raymond Sokolov

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.
Laurence Sterne

Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time.
Jerry Only

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.
John Kluge

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
Lance Loud

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness.
Godfrey Reggio

Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit.
James Payn

Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee.
Edward Everett

Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze.
George Vancouver

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

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.
Scott Adams

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

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.
Donald Johanson

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Henry David Thoreau

Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Leonard Boswell

Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream.
Lucille Roybal-Allard