Sake Quotes

1672 Sake quotes by 1179 unique authors

A nation's not a child, for God's sake. ... It's like a wild horse you tame by breaking it. Or a fiery woman you slap… — David Hewson
An intellectual may be interested in ideas and policies for their own sake, but a politician's interest is exclusively in the question of whether an… — Michael Ignatieff
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake. — Arnold J. Toynbee
Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami
What did turtles evolve from? Really, I want to know. And for God’s sake, don’t say lizards, because turtles are nothing like lizards. They could… — Gwen Stefani
When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them to a place… — Michel Gondry
Owning a business is NOT about working your ass off for the sake of trying to squeeze out a living. It is NOT about making… — Mike Michalowicz
I would say that for the sake of human progress, the best thing we could possibly do would be to diminish, to the point of… — E. O. Wilson
Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at… — Shaukat Aziz
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for… — Hans Haacke
Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for God's sake. Have… — Charlie Brooker
Gay brothers and sisters... You must come out. Come out to your relatives... come out to your friends... Come out to your neighbors... to your… — Harvey Milk
We never really tried to shock for shock's sake on 'Family Guy'. If something was horribly offensive and shocking, we would put it in if… — Seth MacFarlane
Fame for fame's sake is never a good road to go down. — David Giuntoli
Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and… — Novalis
Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart? — Khalil Gibran
All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection,… — William Butler Yeats
Detective stories are the art-for-art's sake of yawning Philistinism. — V. S. Pritchett
Know that what appears to be Love for an 'other' is really Love of Self because 'other' doesn't exist. So this innermost Love can be… — H. W. L. Poonja
I am philosophical Christ; crucified on the cross of ignorance for the sake of divine vanity. — Kedar Joshi
In the Now, there really is no destination. Each moment is lived for its own sake, even as you move toward whatever you many choose… — Richard Moss
Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but Allah. Poverty unlocks the door - what a blessed… — Unknown Author
Cupidity...takes created things for ends in themselves, which they are not. The will that seeks rest in creatures for their own sake stops on the… — Thomas Merton
I'm not going to work for the sake of working. I'll work, if I'm extraordinarily lucky enough to continue having the same opportunities, but it… — Carey Mulligan

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