Conative Function Quotes & Sayings

Whatever art is, it is no longer something primarily to be looked at. Stared at, perhaps, but not primarily looked at — Arthur Danto

Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite. — Samuel Freeman Miller

Less government in business and more business in government. — Warren G. Harding

We ought not to make those people our enemies who might have become our friends, if we had only known them better. — Jean De La Bruyere

You can be the ugliest man in the world but once you got money, you can have all the women in the world. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying? — Larry Gagosian

Commit harmless mistakes that will not hurt you in the long run but will give you the chance to ask for his help. Masters adore such requests. A master who cannot bestow on you the gifts of his experience may direct rancor and ill will at you instead. — Robert Greene

Intelligence is: (a) the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or (b) a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is (c) both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. — Ray Kurzweil

Liberty is worth paying for. — Jules Verne

I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love. — Andre Leon Talley

Poor little girl. Poor little girl, Nan says, and at first I think she is speaking of the baby, perhaps it is a girl after all. But then I realize she is speaking of me, a girl of thirteen years, whose own mother has said that they can let her die as long as a son and heir is born. — Philippa Gregory

Oh my lovely moon! Touch my thirsty heart with your ocean of silvery silent love. — Debasish Mridha

I have seen the poor suffer when nobles seek the purity of ideals. I have seen the powerless die when princes believe in the nostalgia of their dreams. I have seen the common people torn from peace and thrown into war when kings yearn to test the clarity of their vision. — Ken Liu

His love for her was so deeply woven with resentment that he could not untangle the two. — Kim Edwards