Spirits were seen to be very much part of the everyday world, and you were accosted by spirits all the time. It's only really quite recently that we've relegated the fantastic as being just imagination and not real and having no purpose. Votes: 3
Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose. Votes: 2
Games have no other purpose than to please. Votes: 2
Prophets have no other purpose, no other mission except to serve God. Votes: 2
If I'm a phenomenon, it makes me feel like I have no purpose. Votes: 2
For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable. Votes: 2
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. Votes: 2
A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. Votes: 2
Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land. Votes: 2
I have to believe that literature can effect change; otherwise, I would have no purpose in my life and would have wasted four years on 'Ilustrado.' Votes: 2
That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support. Votes: 2
I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English. Votes: 2
I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and most of the good people I knew were Christians. Votes: 2
During the past 30 years, European governments have provided more than $15 billion in the form of low- and no-cost loans to Airbus for the specific purpose of developing new aircraft lines. Votes: 2
You can have the best technology in the world, but if you don't have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose. Votes: 2
All the charges you enumerate have been made with one purpose in mind-to place our office on the defensive and make us waste valuable time answering allegations that have no basis in fact. Votes: 2
As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests. Votes: 2
I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night. Votes: 2
Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude. Votes: 2
I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection. Votes: 2
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. And if you no longer need them, then that is neither wasteful nor shameful. Can you truthfully say that you treasure something buried so deeply in a cupboard or drawer that you have forgotten its existence? Votes: 2
The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one. Votes: 0
Having no purpose is the function of art, so somebody else can look at it and ask a question. Design is different - you're supposed to understand what's going on. You can be delighted by it, intrigued by it, but you're supposed to know it's a hot dog stand.
Having a baby can be a scream. Votes: 4 Joan Rivers
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Votes: 6 Albert Schweitzer