Motives Quotes

I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear. Benjamin F. Wade

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There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed. Benjamin Robbins Curtis

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I was vaguely aware that people used to hijack planes to Cuba. But I didn't know much about how often it happened and what the motives were. I started looking into what was going on back then, and I was blown away by how common hijacking once was. Brendan I. Koerner

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All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light. Bruce Jackson

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The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same. Charles Mengel Allen

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I have been accused of acting out of partisan political motives. Christine Blasey Ford

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There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political. Earle Brown

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We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives. Edward Dahlberg

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Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obvious reasons, and there was always something that would stop me, I thought they were asking me for the wrong motives. Emma Tennant

I think that when somebody loses a bet, they tend to sometimes confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because if you lose your bet, even though the team you're rooting for wins, you have a potentially conflicted outcome. Gary Bettman

The string of disqualification cases were filed against me when I was still contemplating a run for the presidency by people whose motives were suspect at best. Powerful groups with personal agenda are behind these cases. But I am not afraid. Not when the people are behind me. Grace Poe

The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives. Henry B. Eyring

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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. James M. Barrie

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In my experience, people looking for progress aren't actually looking to move things forward. They're looking to be perceived in a certain way: as a forward thinker. It's about vanity rather than any altruistic motives for the art. James Murphy

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it. Jane Porter

I'm interested in people that can say one thing and have completely different motives behind that. Jesse Plemons

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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives. John Eldredge

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