
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