Causes Quotes

Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large that which is small.

The soul can never be corrupted with the corruption of the body, but it is like the wind which causes the sound of the organ, and which ceases to produce a good effect when a pipe is spoilt.

The imagination is to the effect as the shadow to the opaque body which causes the shadow.

Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly.

The lover and the physician are each popular from the same cause - we talk to them of nothing but ourselves.

"Promise. Don't misunderstand me-you are quite vexing." He touches his tender jaw. "And you hit like a man. But you didn't cause his illness. That is his doing."

...even though you said yes to the wrong man, I hope that won't cause you to say no to the right one.

Love will break your heart,[...] but love can also mend it. Not many things in life are both the cause and the cure.

I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to dislike them for other reasons.

I'm cold gettin' paid cause Rick said so.

Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.

A book is valuable not only for what it says but for what it makes you think, or causes you to remember. No matter what you wish to do or become there are books to teach you, help you, guide you.

In good philosophy, the word cause ought to be reserved to the single Divine impulse that has formed the universe.

If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to return again and again to my work.

Cara [Delevingne] I wanted to be sure that she would be involved. 'Cause she didn't do a lot of films before I met her, so I didn't know if she was serious and so I push her a bit.

Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me, cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free.

I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.

Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.

Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.

The cause of the spinning wheel is too great and too good to have to rest on mere hero-worship.

Even a believer in nonviolence has to say between two combatants which is less bad or whose cause is just.

Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God.

For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.

The Negro neighborhood, which is inferior, is begging for a chance to - integrate itself into that which is - is superior, which is not going to happen. It's going to cause trouble.

Periodontal bacteria can easily slip into the bloodstream and cause infection elsewhere in the body.

You, too, will someday die, perhaps under inconvenient circumstances, at a time when you do not particularly wish to, and for causes that you cannot yet predict.

There is no doubt that a person's charms are less frequently a cause of love than a remark such as: 'No, this evening I shan't be free'.

Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors.

People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.

Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.

I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.

I'm shocked, like all of us, including Donald Trump, 'cause let's not pretend that even Donald Trump thought he was going to win this election.

I want to collaborate with me 'cause I've done so many collaborations that after a certain point unless you're really working with a certain caliber of an artist, there's no point [to collaborate].

You are free to experience life negatively or positively, and the choice you make determines whether you are at cause, or at effect, of the life you are living.

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

We live with that sense of not being enough, and it causes a very painful state.

Fear in the mind causes stress in the body.

Finally, people are starting to recognize freedom and peace do have a cause, they do have a price.

As the member of a firefighter family myself, supporting the widowed families of rescue workers is an important, personal cause of mine.

The problem is that what Donald Trump said, if you take it literally now, is cause for anxiety and nervousness.

You got a death wish, Truant?' Which was the thing that scared me. 'Cause maybe I did.

Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures – it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces.

The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action.

And yet, those who speak loudly and call anyone who disagrees with them a wimp often do a disservice to the cause they are promoting.

You've gotta know happy. You've gotta know sad. 'Cause you're gonna know lonely and you're gonna know sad

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

Not being ambitious of martyrdom, even in the cause of gastronomical enterprise, especially if the instrument is to be a contemptible, rank-smelling fungus, I never eat or cook mushrooms.

After days and nights of incredible labor and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life. Nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.

I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched.

I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.