Intention Quotes

[Bush also defended the] Mission Accomplished ... People make a big deal out of it. It was not a mistake to go to the carrier. And there was certainly no intention to say that this was over; quite the contrary. If people had listened to what I said, I said there is more hard work to do. And there is hard work to do. - Abraham Lincoln

[Baltimore said his intention to retire as president of the Pasadena-based university was not prompted by any health problem, budget deficit or management disagreements, but rather a sense that he had accomplished his goals as an administrator.] Caltech is a wonderful place, the best place to do science I have ever seen, ... I will have done what I can do [as president], and it is time for somebody else to be thinking about it. I have a fairly extensive life in science and in business that I will pursue. - David Baltimore

[And not a moment too soon, figures Colbert (the gifted humorist-performer, that is not the make-believe blowhard who shares the same name).] My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned, but an idiot... So we said, 'Let's give him a promotion.' - Stephen Colbert

...With respect to Time Warner cable systems, no preference will be show for affiliated services, soon-to-be AOL, as opposed to unaffiliated services... I would also say to you that there is no intention of flipping the coin, that the wonderfully diverse material coming from Time Warner will exclusively be coming through AOL. - Gerald Levin

(The head of the crime lab) was committing perjury in criminal cases where he would intentionally misrepresent scientific data to help prosecutors get a conviction, even when he knew that that data was false. - Peter Neufeld

(Judas) may have thought that when Jesus met with the priests, it would just be to talk. He had misjudged the extent to which religious authorities despised Jesus. Then he found out he had literally handed his friend over to death. It may have been a well-intentioned act, and he had to have felt a deep remorse, which probably led to his suicidal death. - Gary Herion

(It's) all with the intention of being more transparent. - Mike Boyd

(Adams) was intentionally trying to hurt or kill someone. You don't stab someone repeatedly unless you're trying to kill them. - Ricky Diamond Jr