Sake Quotes

Contemporary politics is all about phony energy, about running around slamming doors for the sake of it-or, more to the point, opening them and tossing through a huge sack of taxpayer dollars.

Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.

Man is the only animal that is cruel. It kills just for the sake of it.

What would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie?

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good.

Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure.

Gun producer and the killer is the same thing! Be ethical, stop producing guns! Be human, for God's sake, for there shall never be peace of mind for the wicked!

For heaven's sake, all you fool speak not in the name of God, for He has his own tongue to speak!

It's ultimately the purpose of education to cultivate the love of learning for its own sake.

My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake.

Knowledge for the sake of knowledge! Truth for truth's sake! This is inhuman.

There's no way I would want to hurt him or bust him up. That's why, for the sake of the family as well as himself, I will take him out in the opening round.

I've always been a big proponent of not working for the sake of working, because I don't want to work for the rest of my life - I want to live.

I actually live a very mediocre lifestyle. So I decided to step back and do things not just for the sake of doing them, but because I believe in them and I want to do them.

For heaven’s sake, if you don’t know someone’s name, just pretend you do. Do that thing everyone else does, where you vaguely say, “Nice to see you!” and make weak eye contact.

I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals.

For his sake I'm sorry that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, but for our sake and the sake of music I'm glad he did.

If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, "This is so ridiculous."

Your life is your own, your glory is your glory, but you will lose it if you keep it for yourself. Grasp it for the sake of others.

My son was killed in a war without honor for the sake of lies.

I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

Our walking is not a means to an end. We walk for the sake of walking.

For God's sake build not your faith upon Tradition, 'tis as rotten as a rotten Post.

Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now.

Not enough." Margo rose and tucked the towel in place. " Come on, let's go stuff her in a locker. For old time's sake.

I had success early on where I'm able to try to keep it fun, and I don't have to do things just for the sake of making a living, which a lot of my musician friends don't have that luxury of course.

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 closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.

Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.

I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.

If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV.

A management decision is irresponsible if it risks disaster this year for the sake of a grandiose future.

I fear it, for her sake. It would mean that she too is a wanderer now, and that is a fate for human beings, not for unicorns. But I hope, of course I hope.

I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ -- For My Sake. It is that which makes the iron saint.

I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.

I write Not For the sake of glory Not For the sake of fame Not For the sake of success But for the sake of my soul

Love is the ultimate, the end. You love for love's own sake. It is not a means to anything else, it is its own end.

Art for art's sake, and creation for creation's sake, and love for love's sake

If a man lose his balance, and immerse himself in any trades or pleasures for their own sake, he may be a good wheel or pin, but he is not a cultivated man.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

The saddest part of a broken heart Isn't the ending so much as the start The tragedy starts from the very first spark Losing your mind for the sake of your heart

For scientists, growing cells took so much work that they couldn't get much research done. So the selling of cells was really just for the sake of science, and there weren't a lot of profits.

Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors.

Work is doing what you now enjoy for the sake of a future which you clearly see and desire. Drudgery is doing under strain what you don't now enjoy and for no end that you can now appreciate.

I think what attracts me about the Electric Monk is that it's such an eloquent example of the futility of belief for belief's sake. I mean there's only any point in believing something if it's true.

You’re a terrible liar, Sage, but I’m still touched you’d attempt it for my sake. A for effort.