#justify

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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You shouldn't have to justify your work. ↗

— Judy Chicago

#work #you #your

The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#any #compulsion #compulsive #down #impulse

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria. ↗

— David Lodge

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Intelligence is not for justifying the lack of discipline; rather, good discipline is the enhancer of God-given intelligence. ↗

— Damon Thueson

#god #intelligence #justify #intelligence

If the end does not justify the means - what can? ↗

— Edward Abbey

#end #justify #means

The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror. ↗

— Tony Blair

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There's no way I can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it. ↗

— Drew Carey

#i can #justify #learning #level #live

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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