Cause Quotes

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The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity: monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The belief that there is only… — Thomas Szasz
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. — Eric Hoffer
Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your… — John McCain
But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches. — David James Duncan
When they made love Geryon liked to touch in slow succession each of the bones of Herakles' back as it arched away from him into… — Anne Carson
Squint your eyes and look closer I'm not between you and your ambition I am a poster girl with no poster I am thirty-two flavors… — Ani DiFranco
If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear! — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and… — Henry David Thoreau
However contradictory the coroner's report — whether he pronounces Consumption or Loneliness or Suicide to be the cause of death — isn't it plain how… — J D Salinger
The cause of the world's woe is birth, the cure of the world's woe is a bent stick. — Jack Kerouac
Surely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone… — Laurell K. Hamilton
We who are engaged in the sacred cause of education are entitled to look upon all parents as having given hostages to our cause. — Horace Mann
There was a fence and there was this other van- So I go, 'Fence or van? Cause I'm crashing into one of them,' and I… — Pete Wentz
I didn't cause it. I can't control it. I can't cure it. — David Sheff
There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there. With his seat in the meat And his face in… — Shel Silverstein
Talk to strangers when the family fails and friends lead you astray when Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay.… — Saul Williams
How can we expect fate to let a righteous cause prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous… — Sophie Scholl
I could have waited years, now that I knew the end of the story. I was cold and wet and very happy. I could even… — Graham Greene
But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind.… — Orson Scott Card
Shall we not go on in such great a cause? — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses,… — Jane Wagner
Mama read it an began pulling her hair an weepin an praisin the Lord, 'cause it say I am 'Temporarily Deferred' on account of I… — Winston Groom
Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one… — Margaret Thatcher
In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure. — Daniel Dennett
The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now. — Gordon B. Hinckley

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