Quotes About Motive

This Porsche was a gift from an antique car dealer," Scythe Curie explained to her. "He wanted immunity?" Citra asked, assuming the man's motive. "On the contrary. I had just gleaned his father, so he already had immunity." "Wait," said Citra. "You gleaned his father, and he gave you a car?" "Yes." "So he hated his father?" "No, he loved his father very much." "Am I missing something?

Yes, well, if it's any consolation that goes for me, too, and for Angleton believe it or not, but 'upset' and fifty pence will buy you a cup of coffee and what we really need is to finger the means, motive, and murderer of Daisy the Cow in time to close the stable door.

there's a point at which sufficient incompetence is malice.

Mr. Freeze is motivated by different things. He doesn't really have that much of an axe to grind with Batman. Batman is an irritation and an impediment to him, not an enemy that he hates. He doesn't have the hatred that the Joker has for Batman.

Every action that we take has some motivation of either being selfish or altruistic. All that adds up.

No one does anything from a single motive.

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

If my role requires a certain kind of dialect, which I think I am not confident enough to do, I'd prefer a dubbing artist then. There shouldn't be a selfish motive, and it's always better to have a certain understanding between the director/producer and the actress.

A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

The main thing in measuring integrity is someone's motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was never to be big. We just wanted to make enough money to live and to buy a studio, which we have done in Austin.

My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive.

Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.

The old detective story that's got a really complicated motive doesn't apply to mine.

Science is not the means by which we come to understand why physical laws and circumstances are the way they are. When we ask why - assuming the question is really 'why' and not 'how' - we are really asking to know the motive of some responsible agent capable of reason.

Motive may be inferred only when the stimuli in the agent's environment are open to view and the influences leading an agent to a particular action can be evaluated.

Often it's scarier when stuff is weird and when you don't fully understand the motive. Pennywise in 'IT' is very weird.

I feel that whatever God gives you, happiness or sadness, there is a motive behind it.

Nothing in life is without cause and effect. Nothing is merely a shell. Everything has some motive.

getting away with murder must be quite easy provided that one's motive is sufficiently inscrutable.

When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

And are you suspicious of me? (Maggie) Woman, I'm suspicious of anyone who acts altruistically. I've only known a handful of people in my entire life who were actually kind. The vast majority of people only help others when they know it'll benefit them in some manner. (Sin)

Do I need to go for a stroll? (Sin) Nay. I'm merely trying to kill your brother. (Maggie)

Who would do ill ne'er wants occasion.