All human life is sunk deep in untruth; the individual cannot pull it out of this well without growing profoundly annoyed with… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Your house is made by its own needs. Those others are made by the need to impress. The determining motive of your… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Naive' is not a word I associate with the Southern Rule. Superstitious, perhaps, traditional, yes, maddeningly set in their way, certainly but… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a… — Enid Blyton Copy Share Image
“The right reason and motive for success, while pursued in the right way, will trigger divine support, human celebration and personal fulfillment… — Dr. Lucas D. Shallua Copy Share Image
There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction… In its horror of sensuality, it made an idol of asceticism,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Money is an instrumentality of the profit motive and must be issued and backed only by private enterprisers. Economic and political perversities… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
When I might be on a business trip, a lot of people are partying and they may be drunk or under the… — Gucci Mane Copy Share Image
It is possible to work across the aisle in Washington, but it's hard. And I think it's been made worse by the… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The private motives of scientists are not the trend of science. The trend of science is made by the needs of society:… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science,… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
A wise Government seeks to provide the opportunity through which the best of individual achievement can be obtained, while at the same… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In rural areas the majority of the victims of violent crime know their assailants (indeed, are probably married to them); in cities,… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
I think there was a bit of brotherly love, but I think everything has a motive when you're king. It's all about… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Usually I just let my songs do the talking. As a matter of fact I have long had an aversion to celebrities… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
I think theres just this mystique of writing a book that appeals to people. A person has to really check their motives… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
When shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But rules only work when everyone plays by them. What happens when someone doesn't, and the fallout bleeds right into his life?… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Most of the people who have grabbed hold of climate change and greenhouse gases, pollution, oil dependency - they have another motive,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The whole plan of extermination was nothing less than a cold blooded, calculated political measure, having for its object the annihilation of… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to… — Jack Dempsey Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think it's a waste of time to worry about the motives of why people are supportive of things. I think we… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
Every work of art needs a spine – an underlying theme, a motive for coming into existence. It doesn't have to be… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Garry Shandling was an actor's actor. He really cares about the performance. It was really interesting to watch him talk about motives… — Bruce Greenwood Copy Share Image
... so long as woman labors to second man's endeavors and exalt his sex above her own, her virtues pass unquestioned; but… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Modern authoritarianism, as it's growing inside Europe and now coming to the United States, rests much more on the use of power… — David Frum Copy Share Image
If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing; go… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Self-interest, to be sure, is one of the most important, but we have many other motives - honesty, self-respect, altruism, love, sympathy,… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
