Justify Quotes · Page 6

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

— Milan Kundera

The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

— Seth MacFarlane

Time often serves to justify a deed which seems at first unjustifiable.

— Donald P. Ryan

Sins may be forgiven through repentance, but no act of wit will ever justify them.

— Thomas Sherlock

There’s simply nothing in there that would justify second degree murder.

— Alan Dershowitz

It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.

— Joseph O'Connor

Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.

— Robert Greene

You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing…

— Martin Landau

“the end justifies the means. But the end and the means are one. And if the means did not contribute to human…

— Eckhart Tolle

In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify…

— Thomas Huxley

Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior.

— Fulton J. Sheen

Don't expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives you joy. Don't expect your love to…

— Paulo Coelho

But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’ Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer…

— Donna Tartt

My wife and I were never happy here. Spain can be narrow-minded, and provincial. In LA you don't have to justify yourself.…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

When virtuous mental attitudes, like mindfulness, respect, and compassion, are invoked to justify nonvirtuous acts like hunting, fishing, and eating animal products,…

— Norm Phelps

I say salvation is the free gift of God. It is God's free grace, I preach unto you, not of works, lest…

— George Whitefield

I change clothes at least three times a day. It's the only way I can justify all the shopping I do. Prada…

— RuPaul

It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty,…

— David G. McAfee

Do not think your story [for a one-person show] is unique. . . . your story is the same as millions of…

— Julie Halston

Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the…

— Frank Herbert

My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious…

— Norman Finkelstein

I don't know how in the twenty-first century we can possibly justify not showing girls things that they can aspire to, and…

— Geena Davis

No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with…

— Samuel Johnson

When a legislature decides to steal some of our rights and plans to use police force to accomplish it, what's the real…

— H. L. Richardson

In terms of other people's perception of me, that's their business. There are people who I have never met but, for whatever…

— Steve Albini

In the 17 years since I graduated from this great College of Law, I have seen that, for many of us, it…

— Beau Biden

Whom God legally saves, He experimentally saves; whom He justifies, them He also sanctifies. Where the righteousness of Christ is imputed to…

— Arthur W. Pink

In the chapter on study we considered the importance of observing ourselves to see how often our speech is a frantic attempt…

— Richard J. Foster

I have consciously sought after those things which make for value, order, richness, spirit and wonder, even though I am often unable…

— Luci Swindoll

The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless…

— Jimmy Carter

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

— Mark Twain

Give God the margin of eternity to justify himself.

— Hugh Reginald Haweis

You need a director, a script, and a role to justify a risk.

— Yami Gautam

I stand by the stuff I say, even the really stupid stuff. I'll find a way to justify it.

— Blake Shelton

You can never really justify wages in the entertainment business, but it is what it is.

— Gary Lineker

Our guilt has its uses. It justifies much in the lives of others.

— Max Frisch

You say a good cause justifies any war; but I say a good war justifies any cause.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

the ends never justify the means because IT never ends.

— Martha Gellhorn