It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
If you are thinking of nything with dependence upon it, there is a motive of curiosity, or pleasure, or success, and though… — Ernest Wood Copy Share Image
I can now state that I have succeeded in operating a motive device by means of [cosmic rays]. I will tell you… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The motive for our actions doesn't lie ahead of us. It's something behind us that we're trying to escape. — Peter Høeg Copy Share Image
A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve. — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The greatest cause of evil included all human motives in one giant paradox. Good and bad were so inextricably mixed that we… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an exact synonym and no such thing as an unmixed motive. — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
I think it's just yet another piece to cause confusion and I think that the 'so-called scientific debate' is very silly now… — Joe Bastardi Copy Share Image
The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Skilled work, of no matter what kind, is only done well by those who take a certain pleasure in it, quite apart… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The desire for legitimate offspring is, in fact, according to the Catholic Church, the only motive which can justify sexual intercourse. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
As long as I know that my motives are good, I'm Seldom very concerned with the opinions of others. -Mandorallen, Baron of… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Beware of anyone who insists on reframing your sincere… — Jim Goad 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
Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Throughout history in the theater and film people do like sarcastic characters, and they do like curmudgeons - if they're amusing, they… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I abhor unjust war. I abhor injustice and bullying by the strong at the expense of the weak, whether among nations or… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
