Pursued Quotes

I never pursued a career relentlessly. — Armand Assante

If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years ... we would not have had the kind of job growth we've had. — Dick Cheney

From my very first day, I was pursued by men.
All of them tried to hurt me, but only one managed to break my heart. — Brian K. Vaughan

Before I pursued acting full-time, I had every intention of going into some form of law enforcement work. — Michael Trucco

It was much less frustrating being the pursued rather than the pursuer. — Lorraine Heath

This is a story of an adventure in education, pursued not under the best of conditions. — Louis L'Amour

The authentic is almost never found by being pursued; but there is no missing it when you are in its presence. — Eva Hoffman

A great many people go after success simply for the shiny prizes it brings ... And nowhere is it pursued more ardently than in the city of New York. — Stephen Birmingham

Acting is what I've pursued since I was a child. — Kristanna Loken

Perfection is not to be attained, but to be pursued infinitely. — Abhijit Naskar

Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone. — John Bowring

We pursued the muses, instead of the mirrors. — Adam Gopnik

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business. — Tracy Morgan

Can you blame me if I am pursued by the thought of how much we could do to remedy social evils, if only we had an honest and disinterested press? — Upton Sinclair

Ill-Success failed to crush us: the mere effort to succeed had given a wonderful zest to existence; it must be pursued. — Charlotte Bronte

You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high. — Judith Rascoe

Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't. — Dan Quayle

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform. — Thomas Jefferson

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own. — Ki Hong Lee

Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion. — William Shenstone

Parenting, when it is pursued seriously and thoughtfully, is not only life's most important career, but its most joyful and fulfilling career. — Linda Eyre

Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life. — George Eliot

But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuit that does not readily let go. — Victor Hugo

Religion does not censure or exclude
Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued. — William Cowper

Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong. — Robert Green Ingersoll

All my life I have been pursued by the black dogs of unaccountable gloom — Andrew Pyper

Painting is a science pursued as an enquiry into the laws of nature ... Observation is considered the key to natural science. — Bridget Riley

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you. — Mahatma Gandhi

You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it. — James Hilton

If you've been a pretty woman and always pursued by lovers, losing that and not having that - it feels like a great loss. — Erica Jong

Exit, pursued by a bear. — William Shakespeare

Power does not corrupt; it merely elevates the degree in which something is done that has already been pursued. — Felix O. Hartmann

Walt was a dreamer, but one who pursued his goals with clarity and an almost ferocious intensity." JACK KINNEY DISNEY ANIMATOR — Pat Williams

they leave when it's over, exeunt, pursued by a bear with an empty porridge bowl. If — Catherynne M Valente

It was like a dream in which one is being pursued, nearly caught and will be killed, and is rooted to the spot and cannot even move one's arms. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You never let go of your dreams. They're meant to be pursued. And even though it might be hard reaching them, they'll pay off in the end. — Atle Jarnaes Leroy

If we had pursued the war on cancer which President Nixon declared in 1970, Jack Kemp might be alive today. — Arlen Specter

There's always cause for concern if bad policies are pursued. — Jack Kemp

I have intentionally not pursued musical theater. — Katharine McPhee

I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which is sad, really. — Amy Adams

I never pursued being 'famous.' — Francesca Annis

Daily communication with God must be desired and pursued above all other things. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. — Jim Rohn

Truth I pursued,as Fancy sketch'd the way,
And wiser men than I went worse astray. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes. — Hannah More

At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles. — Randy West

Patience is productive only when aligned and doggedly chasing of objectives is pursued with consistence and persistence — Priyavrat Thareja

I made the exhilarating discovery that study, when it is pursued with ardour and discipline, becomes creation. — W.K. Hancock

If Christianity is true, then every argument will, if pursued to the end, lead to Jesus. — John Mark Reynolds

It seemed stupid to be pursued on foot like Homo sapiens sapiens of a hundred thousand years before. — Gregory Benford

Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. — Viktor E. Frankl

Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued. — Tig Notaro

I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare. — Kenneth Lay

It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end. — Thomas Jefferson

Wealth is always attracted, never pursued. — Babe Ruth

What she loved was being admired, being wanted, being pursued - but she did not think she wanted ever to be caught. — Alison Weir

...both wealth and concord decline as possessions become pursued and honored. And virtue perishes with them as well. — Plato

Truth, like all other good things, may be loved unwisely may be pursued too keenly may cost too much. — Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued. — Clayton Christensen

To only a fraction of the human race does God give the privilege of earning one's bread doing what one would have gladly pursued free, for passion. — Fred Brooks

What's a man,' she pursued, 'especially an ambitious one, without a variety of ideas? — Henry James

We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed; — Anonymous

I love to be pursued. I think that when you're not a challenge, it's just nnot as fun for the guy. — Eva Longoria

In the modern view, unbridled personal freedom is the only good to be pursued; any obstacle to it is a problem to be overcome. — Anthony Daniels

I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued. — Tom Landry

Horns honked in our wake, and people stomped on their brakes at the sight of a black Mustang being pursued by an airborne chariot. — Kevin Hearne

I moved out to L.A. when I was 17, dropped out of high school, and pursued a career in music. — Skylar Grey

I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that. — Armand Assante

Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued — Viktor E. Frankl

Vietnam was a noble cause imperfectly pursued — Ronald Regan

"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God. — Dallas Willard

A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon

I don't think I've ever really pursued telling my story, but I think things come to you at the right time. — Charisma Carpenter

Working toward perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one's lifetime. — Spencer W. Kimball

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest? — Gary Thomas

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. — Spencer W. Kimball

I also pursue excellence, and Father told me that it can only ever be pursued, never caught - though — Jo Walton

Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do. — Bob Ross

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion. — Robertson Davies

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets. — Edward Teller

Every calling is great when greatly pursued. — Mary Engelbreit

All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours. — Benjamin Whichcote

A few years later the Naval Academy was founded at Annapolis, and a similar course was pursued to provide it with a corps of instructors. — Simon Newcomb

They would expect him to be afraid; for his service pursued traitors as the eye of God followed Cain across the desert. — John Le Carre

The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting, and destructive. — Jonathan Raban

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing. — John Hume

Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood. — Colin Firth

Money is usually attracted, not pursued. — Jim Rohn

Anything pursued and attained as a supposed compensation for the lack of self-love is ineffective and can get downright ugly. — Jesse D. Jennings

And so she remained, like everything that mattered to me then, secret - to be pursued in the woods by moonlight, when I was supposed to be studying. — Garth Risk Hallberg

Regrets are passions that aren't pursued. — Mel Walsh

Activities and passions pursued during the fringe hours make a life more beautiful and the participant feel more alive and more uniquely herself. — Jessica N. Turner

Every calling is great if greatly pursued."-Late Former Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes — R.W. Preston

Finally, it is generally agreed that no activity can be successfully pursued by an individual who is preoccupied — Seneca.

Dumb hope is what it hurts most to write, occupying the foolish schemes we pursued for decades, the blind alleys, the cliffs we stepped off. — Mary Karr

It is only when you are pursued that you become swift. — Khalil Gibran

The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument. — Mencius

Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline. — Mario Monti

Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life. — Dean Koontz