The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste. — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
We're not protecting the environment for the sake of the fishes and the birds. We're protecting it for our own sake. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
For mother's sake the child was dear, and dearer was the mother for the child. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own? — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
I spit upon luxurious pleasures, not for their own sake, but because of the inconveniences that follow them. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is just some bloke who keeps ranting "what light trough yonder window breaks" its the moon for god sakes! — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
Don't give up on your ideals. Don't compromise. Don't turn to expediency. And for heaven's sake . . . don't get cynical. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his… — Charles Fitzgeoffrey Copy Share Image
The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
We live in a permanent state of bad faith, a mutual representation of ourselves to one another for the sake of remaining… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils,… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
So many people think that practicing an art is a good way to make a living. Practicing an art, no matter how… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Surely if He would not spare His own Son one stroke, one tear, one groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The chattering bloody classes, or what I call the liberal Guardian readers, they're all buying SUVs to drive around London. I smile… — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
Trouble follows you like a shadow, Gillian. You're prone to injuries. I swear to God, if a tree decided to fall right… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
Closing his eyes, he sent up a prayer to anyone who was listening, asking please, for God's sake, stop sending him signals… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be. — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I was in Rent, for Gods sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table. — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
Go practice if you please with men and women: leave a child alone for Christ's particular love's sake! — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
The true voyagers are those who go for the sake of traveling . . . and without quite knowing why, they say,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion's sake. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful,… — Geri Halliwell Copy Share Image
Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird. — Elsa Maxwell Copy Share Image
Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
