Cause Quotes

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. The attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in Manhattan to collapse; they also destroyed an icon in the household imagery of the American nation.

'Cause I was already a smoker, it was easy to get addicted. The one thing that they don't teach you about marijuana is how addictive it is.

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.

The national nonprofit I founded, 'KaBOOM!,' is on a mission to save play for America's children, and has long been championing the cause in high-need communities.

I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

I love soup 'cause I don't like to cook. It's so easy to prepare, and it fills you up and gives you all the nutrients you need. It's a well-balanced meal, but you don't have to do a lot of preparation.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause I get to make up the stories.

I like my stuff 'cause I only ever end up with tracks that I really, really like. It always appeals to me.

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

You're surprised by something, but you don't really know what surprised you; you recognize someone, but you don't really know what cues cause you to recognize that person.

Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.

What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

I am careful about my conduct because I know this cause requires clean men.

The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.

I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.

When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.

To set the cause above renown.

Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.

I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.

I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show once. It was a really slow news day for Oprah, and there were several of us on 'cause none of us was sufficiently interesting by his or herself.

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause.

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

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

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'

More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause.

If it's a good cause, I'll play just about anything.

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.

We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.

We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.

I like people that enjoy life, 'cause I do the same.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the lost utopia.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.

Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.

Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage.

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.