Justified Quotes · Page 2

Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified.

— C.D. Wright

My life and creative work are justified and completed by Blade Runner.

— Philip K. Dick

In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.

— Julian Barnes

I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Feeling sympathy and searching for explanations isn't the same as believing that the violence is justified.

— Tariq Ramadan

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

— E. O. Wilson

Justified" is even better than "just as if I'd never sinned." It is also "just as if I'd always obeyed.

— Jerry Bridges

Almost anything can be justified as a style of filmmaking if it works.

— Doug Liman

[N]othing is less reliable than unchecked claims from political officials that their secret conduct is justified by National Security Threats and the…

— Glenn Greenwald

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it.

— Dan Savage

Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies,…

— Gautama Buddha

What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights.

— Hillary Clinton

The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don't realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their…

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these…

— Heather Langenkamp

We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I…

— Bill Maher

We are justified freely, for Christ’s sake, by faith, without the exertion of our own strength, gaining of merit, or doing of…

— Gerhard

The aim of dis-incumbence is a hubristic one, for it requires confidence in the ability of men and women to live in…

— David E. Cooper

To have a proper understanding of the gospel, we must recognise that we need to lean entirely upon the Lord Jesus Christ…

— John Calvin

There's been resistance to every new technology that's ever been introduced. When books came out hundreds of years ago, there were complaints…

— Jeremy Stoppelman

Christ was treated as we deserve that we may be treated as He deserves. He was condemned for our sins, in which…

— Ellen G. White

Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope that it may find a place…

— Robert E. Lee

The memoir industry is, what's the word? Under regulated. I think it needs to be pruned. If there are too many books…

— Arthur Phillips

When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not…

— Pearl Cleage

Abuse is always wrong. Some try to excuse it. Most perpetrators have a sense of entitlement, thinking their actions are justified. Ironically,…

— Rob Jackson

Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb…

— George Washington

The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many,…

— Richard G. Scott

I think the Republicans and conservatives generally were alienated by America's unsuccessful effort in Vietnam, and a lot of them, as Henry…

— William J. Clinton

When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare…

— Bertrand Russell

Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or the other or both parties to a marriage contract.…

— Spencer W. Kimball

A belief in moral absolutes should always make us more, not less, critical of both sides in any conflict. This doesn't mean…

— Joseph Sobran

“No one must ever fancy another human being so much more evil than themselves that killing was justified.”

— Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Certainly the interest in asserting copyright is a justified one.

— Johannes Rau

Oppression has no logic--just a self-fulfilling prophecy, justified by a self-perpetuating system.

— Gloria Steinem

Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice.

— Sheila Jeffreys

At its heart, legalism is a desire to appear holy. It is trying to be justified before men and not God.

— David Wilkerson

My wife and I ran through 'Justified' in, like, a day. And that is such a funny, amazing show.

— Adam Pally

If you are justified, you can no more be unjustified than Christ can be pulled down from heaven.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence,

— Calvin Coolidge