Gods tend to be selfish. Even when they're helpful, they always have their own motives. That's why you have to be careful… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
People who don't know you, you don't know their motives. They smile at you all day, "Oh, that's great. You've done it… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Pictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring. — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings. — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts about our life in nature and… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
It is only necessary to destroy in oneself the roots of those motives which determine a man's course, in order to enjoy… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
I came from the time of so-called New Criticism - the poem in itself, the writing in itself - but around that… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
Of all the joyous motives of school life, the love of knowledge is the only abiding one; the only one which determines… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
If you are doing a peer review of somebody's paper before publication, the editor would not allow you to speculate about the… — Susan Fiske Copy Share Image
In a nutshell, the idea of Juche means that the masters of the revolution and the work of construction are the masses… — Kim Il-sung Copy Share Image
Get to know two things about a man. How he earns his money and how he spends it. You will then have… — Robert McCracken Copy Share Image
“if we are on the look-out for evil in others, our real motive is obviously to justify ourselves, for we are seeking… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A topic is not interesting enough until it is multi layered. There is no vigor in a motive without many layers. One… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
This life in us; however low it flickers or fiercely burns, is still a divine flame which no man dare presume to… — Malcolm Muggeridge 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 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 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
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
Tis impossible to judge with much Præcision of the true Motives and Qualities of human Actions, or of the Propriety of Rules… — John Adams 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
Christ wishes the Christian Community to be a body that is perfect because we work together towards a single end, and the… — Katharine Drexel Copy Share Image
Man created language to be understood. It should be normal to understand what people convey to us. Fear, ulterior motives, and closed… — John Fairclough Copy Share Image
The sun alone appears, by virtue of his dignity and power, suited for this motive duty (of moving the planets) and worthy… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
When I was very, very young - four, five, six - I could see inside people, their motives, their dreams, their apprehension… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason-to find out who we really… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I wish for you all, each of you, to have your own motive for indignation. This is precious. When something outrages you… — Stephane Hessel Copy Share Image
The first steps toward stewardship are awareness, appreciation, and the selfish desire to have the things around for our kids to see.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“If your only motive is to be loved, to ingratiate yourself with the crowd, you're bound to fall into bad habits, and… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
There is no hope for the world unless and until we formulate, accept and state publicly a true moral code of individualism,… — Ayn Rand 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
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
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
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
