“With regard to Banks, they have taken too deep and too wide a root in social transactions, to be got rid of altogether, if that were desirable. They have a hold on public opinion, which alone would make it expedient to aim rather at the improvement, than the suppression of them. As now generally constituted, their advantages whatever they be, are outweighed by the excesses of their paper emissions, and the partialities and corruption with which they are administered.” IfsSocialOpinionTakenPaperAdvantageRootsRegardAimCorruptionWideImprovementExcessDesirableBankingPublic OpinionEmissionsTransactionsSuppressionToo DeepPartiality Author:James Madison
“Anarchy is a word that comes from the Greek, and signifies, strictly speaking, "without government": the state of a people without any constituted authority. Before such an organization had begun to be considered possible and desirable by a whole class of thinkers, so as to be taken as the aim of a movement (which has now become one of the most important factors in modern social warfare), the word "anarchy" was used universally in the sense of disorder and confusion, and it is still adopted in that sense by the ignorant and by adversaries interested in distorting the truth.” PeopleStillsImportantStatesWholeGovernmentUsedSocialClassTakenModernMovementAuthorityOrganizationAimIgnorantConfusionFactorsGreekDisorderThinkerAnarchyWarfareDesirableAdoptedAdversariesAnarchism Author:Errico Malatesta
“Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development. I assume they're either homages or satiric riffs, and are not intended to be taken too seriously as works in their own right. Otherwise I should be talking to a copyright lawyer.” ShouldArtistTalkingTakenDoubtDevelopmentAimAssumingLawyerArtisticImitationHomageCopyright Author:Bill Watterson
“Now the basic impulse behind existentialism is optimistic, very much like the impulse behind all science. Existentialism is romanticism, and romanticism is the feeling that man is not the mere he has always taken himself for. Romanticism began as a tremendous surge of optimism about the stature of man. Its aim - like that of science - was to raise man above the muddled feelings and impulses of his everyday humanity, and to make him a god-like observer of human existence.” MenHumansFeelingsHumanityBehindsExistenceTakenOptimismAimRaisesMereEverydayOptimisticImpulseExistentialismObserversHuman ExistenceRomanticismStature Author:Colin Wilson
“Satan's aim is to destroy our joy and trust and delight in God, and to make God look worthless in the world's eyes. Everytime someone forsakes God for the world, gets angry at God when part of the world is taken away from them, they highlight the world as valuable... and everytime someone stays with God, when the world is taken away, and praises God, they highlight the value and glory of God.” WorldLooksEyeJoyValuesFaithReligiousTakenGloryPraiseAimAngryDelightValuableSatanFaith In GodWorthlessGlory Of GodHighlightsForsakePraise God Author:John Piper
“The aim of great books is ethical: to teach what it means to be a man. Every major form of literary art has taken for its deeper themes what T.S. Eliot called "the permanent things"-the norms of human action.” MenHumansMeanArtBookActionFormTeachTakenMajorsAimDeeperPermanentThemeEthicalNormBe A ManGreat BookHuman ActionsEliotLiterary ArtPermanent Things Author:Russell Kirk
“Photos should focus on your waist up, unless you have amazing legs. Then it's okay to include one or two full-body shots in your gallery. The majority of your photos should be closer up, highlighting your face. Don't stage a smile. Instead, try to laugh just before the shot is taken. Flirty smiles that don't look cheesy also work. Make eye contact with the camera. Aim to take most of your photos outdoors.” ShouldTryingLooksTwoBodyEyeFacesLaughingTakenFocusStageShotsOkayAimCamerasMajorityLegsContactYour FaceGalleryCheesyFlirtyEye ContactHighlighting Author:Amy Webb