Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
Denis Diderot
PatriotismSocietyEphemeralMotive
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
George Eliot
LifeWantMotiveDrearyMakes
Profit per se is not my motive.
Chris Hughes
ProfitMotivePer
My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.
Edward Snowden
NameDoneAgainstMotivePublic
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.
Philip Yancey
LovePeopleProfitKnowDoneMotive
I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
Sally Field
PeopleWantActorShowJustMotive
Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.
Tom Scholz
WorldProfitRunMoreLooseMotive
Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.
Leonardo da Vinci
ActionMotiveNeedsEveryPrompted
My job in 'Motive' is to be the rebellious teenager - what boy wouldn't want to be that?
Cameron Bright
JobWantBoyRebelliousMotive
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
Miguel de Cervantes
LawPityMotiveSeverity
I think a lot of things are shoved in our face, politically and historically, for money, and that's the motive.
Kendra Wilkinson
MoneyFaceThinkThingsMotiveOur
Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.
Michael Korda
BestWritingWorldCuriosityMotive
The motive power of democracy is love.
Henri Bergson
LovePowerDemocracyMotive
To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
Lord Byron
MyselfSincereBeenMotiveSole
Is hacking ever acceptable? It depends on the motive.
Charlie Brooker
HackingMotiveDependsEver
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
Jean de la Bruyere
CharacterAloneMenMotiveActions
No one does anything from a single motive.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
SingleAnythingMotiveDoes
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