Famous quotes containing the word intend:
“Here I sit down to form characters. One I intend to be all goodness; All goodness he is. Another I intend to be all gravity; All gravity he is. Another Lady Gish; All Lady Gish she is. I am all the while absorbed in the character. It is not fair to sayI, identically I, am anywhere, while I keep within the character.”
—Samuel Richardson (16891761)
“Now wait a minute. You listen to me. Im an advertising man, not a red herring. Ive got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex- wives, and several bartenders dependent on me. And I dont intend to disappoint them all by getting myself slightly killed.”
—Ernest Lehman (b.1920)
“One should never intend to do harm to others, but should always guard against the harm others might do to him.”
—Chinese proverb.