My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this.

A number of us had conversations with the Kerry campaign about what he was going to say about CAFE. What he told us was that he did not want to sacrifice jobs and that he wanted to work with the auto industry to achieve that goal.

I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular; I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor.

I really want to do more mature, artistic, twisted, edgy films. That is my goal.

Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too. Fish was saying yesterday that he doesn't ever want to play stadiums, or maybe he would once, he said.

If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal of going to the moon. Certainly we don't want to wake up and see that they have a base there before we do.

I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.

You get a letter from her agency embracing you into the family that says, 'It is our goal now to help you achieve your dream of being a songwriter, in John's memory.'

If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.