#motive

The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as the active partner in matters of love and his own pleasure as legitimately the prime motive for activity. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#activity #ancient #certainly #himself #his

It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#circumstances #effect #fact #fixed #influence

Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humour #ulterior-motive #motivational

Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour. We become frustrated because we feel powerless, invisible, unheard. We crave celebrity, but that’s not easy to come by, so we settle for notoriety. Envy and bitterness drive a new breed of lawbreakers, replacing the old motives of poverty and the need for escape. But how do you solve crimes which no longer have traditional motives? ↗

— Christopher Fowler

#crime #crime-solving #habits #motives #poverty

If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices of Shell or Nestle. You unsettle people much more by blowing up an Oxfam shop because people can't understand the motive. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#against #because #blowing #bombing #globalisation

It saddens me when public officials and bureaucrats are criticized for ulterior motives, none of which I have ever found in a government bureaucrat, or when someone personalizes disagreements. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#bureaucrats #criticized #disagreements #ever #found

Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below. ↗

— Lewis J. Bates

#cold #cruel #deed #judged #judgment

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#balloon #boat #gas #go #god

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#boss #decisions #first #first of all #frank

The motive power of democracy is love. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#love #motive #power