I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
Because I'm a performer I can justify and sometimes sell the things about me that offend and shock the conventional world. I… — Elizabeth Ashley Copy Share Image
I feel history is more of a story than a lesson. I know this idea of presentism: this idea of constantly evoking… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an… — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following… — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
Picking on another person in their mind justifies and makes their stature higher. People do it interracially. It's amazing how every race,… — Rib Hillis Copy Share Image
What shocked me was three different anti-prostitution feminists asking me to justify that I had been a sex worker, to prove it.… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions. — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word defines truth. My feelings are echoes… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If society will adopt the rule of nature, and justify no marriage without a supreme affection, the evils of marriage without love… — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There is no effective rational answer to the challenge: "But give me a reason why I should love someone who does not… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
It is very hard, if not impossible," he wrote in his study, "to justify active management for most individual, taxable investors, if… — Mark Hulbert Copy Share Image
People stand themselves next to the righteous They believe the things they say are true They speak in terms of what divides… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. The truth of… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Unless and until it can be proven that an unborn child is not a living human being, can we justify assuming without… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Israelis have suffered a great deal, we must condemn suicide bombers, and we must never say that the plight of the… — George Carey Copy Share Image
In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Our seniors are not a bargaining chip for Big Government to use to justify its out-of-control spending. — John E. James Copy Share Image
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one… — Robert Parry Copy Share Image
Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception, why is… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
It is wrong for a man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any proposition unless he can… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
