Quotes About Motive

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

It's not that I approve of murder—but some people just beg to be killed, don't they?

The initiation with its various tortures lasted about a week, and I cheerfully accepted penances which, if they were imposed in a monastery, for a supernatural motive, and for some real reason, instead of for no reason at all, would cause such an uproar that all religious houses would be closed and the Catholic Church would probably have a hard time staying in the country.

Murder is murder. Everything else is just details

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

Pride takes innumerable forms but has only one end: self-glorification. That's the motive and ultimate purpose of pride—to rob God of legitimate glory and to pursue self-glorification, contending for supremacy with Him. The proud person seeks to glorify himself and not God, thereby attempting in effect to deprive God of something only He is worthy to receive. No wonder God opposes pride. No wonder He hates pride. Let that truth sink into your thinking.

The unsolicited promise is one of the most reliable signals because it is nearly always of questionable motive.

Situations like this only reinforce my deep suspicion of developers: They're often carelessly breaking things and then disappearing, leaving Operations to clean up the mess. The only thing more dangerous than a developer is a developer conspiring with Security. The two working together gives us means, motive, and opportunity.

The only thing more dangerous than a developer is a developer conspiring with Security. The two working together gives us means, motive, and opportunity.

We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action.

Had he wanted to get her out of the apartment that night for some reason?

Meaning well is a poor defense

Tis e'er the wont of simple folk to prize the deed and overlook the motive, and of learned folk to discount the deed and lay open the soul of the doer.

Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.

Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.

We can always find noble reasons for what we want to do.

Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

You're convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive. SHERIFF: Nothing here but kitchen things.

And keep your eye out, Mrs. Peters, for anything that might be of use. No telling; you women might come upon a clue to the motive—and that's the thing we need." Mr. Hale rubbed his face after the fashion of a show man getting ready for a pleasantry. "But would the women know a clue if they did come upon it?" he said; and, having delivered himself of this, he followed the others through the stair door.

Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

Motive is the seed from which big sales grow.

motive must contain the life germ or it will not germinate into a sale.

look first for the most logical motive they may use to influence the buyer's thinking and decision.

The prospective buyer's financial capacity to purchase. The prospective buyer's need for what is being offered for sale. The prospective buyer's motive in making the purchase.