Causes Quotes

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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very… — Hannah Arendt
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine.… — Mahmoud Abbas
In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial. — Richard Armour
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate… — Antonin Artaud
I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate. — Rowan Atkinson
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. — Saint Augustine
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come… — Marcus Aurelius
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress,… — Irving Babbitt
The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the… — Edward Bach
During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change… — Michelle Bachelet
The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and… — Walter Bagehot
I'm not going to fight in the physical with physical weapons, because it's not a physical fight. I'm going to fight with spiritual weapons, cause… — Stephen Baldwin
When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may… — William Barclay
Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a paradigm switch from effect to… — Roseanne Barr
Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators. — Dave Barry
The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates. — Dave Barry
There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by… — Drew Barrymore
Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. — John Barrymore

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