Their Own Sake Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

• The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake.… — Amartya Sen
• As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake… — Henry Ward Beecher
• Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own… — George Santayana
• Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes. — Arthur Schopenhauer
• Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than the story. The… — Leonard Michaels
• Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for… — Christopher Hitchens
• But I do enjoy words—some words for their own sake! Words like river, and dawn, and daylight, and time. These words seem much richer than… — Alasdair Gray
• And I will love words for their own sake, like 'hyacinth' and 'Piccadilly' and 'onyx.' And I'll have a good old dog, and think what… — Rick Elice
• I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their own… — Ben Shahn
• I think that fiction and, as I say, history and biography are immensely important, not only for their own sake, because they provide a picture… — Aldous Huxley
• In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others. — Confucius
• All great things are done for their own sake. — Robert Frost
• It is with art as with love: How can a man of the world,with all his distractions, keep the inwardness which an artist must possess… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Work less than you think you should. It took me a while to realise there was a point each day when my creativity ran out… — Amy Waldman
• Several factors besides skill are more significant in professional writers than in most amateurs. One is love of the surface level of language: the sound… — Alice Weaver Flaherty
• 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
• 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 spit upon luxurious pleasures, not for their own sake, but because of the inconveniences that follow them. — Epicurus
• I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble… — Criss Jami
• Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens

Who Wrote These Their Own Sake Quotes

26 authors contributed a total of 28 Their Own Sake Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 3 Their Own Sake Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Amartya Sen
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Henry Ward Beecher
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by George Santayana
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Leonard Michaels
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Alasdair Gray
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Rick Elice
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Ben Shahn
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Aldous Huxley
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Confucius
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Robert Frost
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Amy Waldman
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Alice Weaver Flaherty
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Michael Ignatieff
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Thomas Merton
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Epicurus
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Criss Jami
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Jasper Fforde
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Terry Goodkind
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by John Wesley
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Juliet Marillier
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Aristotle
• 1 Their Own Sake Quote by Anurag Prakash Ray