Basic Intent

Famous quotes containing the words basic and/or intent:

“It is easier to move rivers and mountains than to change a person’s basic nature.”
—Chinese proverb.

“One reason why we find so few men of reasonable and agreeable conversation is that there is scarcely anyone whose mind is not more intent upon what he himself has a mind to say than on making pertinent replies to what is being said to him.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)