It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion. — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
Seek (beneficial) knowledge, because seeking it for the sake of Allaah is a worship. And knowing it makes you more God-fearing; and… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
People don't mind immoral messages. They don't mind art which says that murder is good, cruelty is good, sex for sex's sake… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
A child, thought Carl, is not the only result of childbirth. A mother, too, is born. You see them every day--nondescript women… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
My whole approach to wardrobe is, throw it in a suitcase and make sure they don't press it, for Pete's sake, so… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of coach who just goes out and buys players for the sake of it. I'm a coach who… — Louis van Gaal Copy Share Image
Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, “Science for Science's sake” is an absurd conception. We cannot know all… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it. — Estelle Copy Share Image
“Leaving one religion for the sake of another one is like breaking with a rapist for the sake of dating a misogynist.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
For the sake of my children and grandchildren, I hope that the human talent for self-destruction can be successfully controlled, or at… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
Imagine, just for the sake of discussion, that you had a few hours a week and a few dollars a month to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
What would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie? — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I miss doing a series, but I don't want to do a series for a series' sake. — Bobby Sherman Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is not only the cause of crime, but it is crime; and if any encourage drunkenness for the sake of the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
After months of lies, the president has given millions of people around the world reason to doubt that he has sent Americans… — Dick Armey Copy Share Image
I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I loved my job at the paper. I loved meeting new people every day and never knowing where I would end up.… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
There is no joy nobler than suffering for the sake of love for man. — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The prosecution responsible for the many discrepancies in their work must be made to answer for them, for Raffaele's sake, my sake… — Amanda Knox Copy Share Image
