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Science is all about cause. Now, if really everything is connected to everything, if there really is only a oneness, everything then affects everything, and the whole idea of causality has to be revised.

Science is all about cause. Now, if really everything is connected to everything, if there really is only a oneness, everything then affects everything, and the whole idea of causality has to be revised.

Willis Harman

Ideas, Oneness, Causes

I have full cause of weeping, but this heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws or ere I'll weep.

William Shakespeare

Heart, Causes, Cry

'King Lear' (1605-6) act 2, sc. 4, l. [279]

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.

William Jennings Bryan

People, Attention, Causes

John Thomas Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Tennessee. County Court (Rhea Co.) (1971). “The world's most famous court trial: State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes; complete stenographic report of the court test of the Tennessee anti-evolution act at Dayton, July 10 to 21, 1925, including speeches and arguments of attorneys”, Da Capo Pr

L.A. is nothing but a bunch of driving, and I hate all that damn driving 'cause it interferes with my drinking.

Wanda Sykes

Hate, Drinking, Causes

Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.

Walter Scott

Spring, Causes, Fierce

Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott (1841). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart”, p.700

God is absolutely good; and so, assuredly, the cause of all that is good.

Walter Raleigh

God, Causes, Good God

Sir Walter Raleigh (1820). “The History of the World: In Five Books. Viz. Treating of the Beginning and First Ages of Same from the Creation Unto Abraham. Of the Birth of Abraham to the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Time of Philip of Macedon. From the Reign of Philip of Macedon to the Establishing of that Kingdom in the Race of Antigonus. From Settled Rule of Alexander's Successors in the East Until the Romans (prevailing Over All) Made Conquest of Asia and Macedon”, p.196

Do they believe their cause so just that they are above and beyond the truth?

Wally Hickel

Believe, Causes, Argument

Management by results is confusing special causes with common causes.

W. Edwards Deming

Confusing, Special, Causes

...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery.

Tyler Perry

Differences, Dresses, Causes

Tyler Perry (2007). “Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life”, p.48, Penguin

It aint about black or white cause we`re human

Tupac Shakur

White, Black, Causes

Song: Ghetto Gospel

Basically ... out of all the ridiculous religion stories which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous—the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah ... there's this big giant universe and it's expanding, it's all gonna collapse on itself and we're all just here just 'cause ... just 'cause'. That, to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever.

Trey Parker

Giants, Stories, Causes

I don't wanna lose you And I always wanna feel this way Cause everytime I'm with you I feel true love, true love.

Tina Turner

Life, Way, Causes

Song: I Don't Want To Lose You, Album: Foreign Affair

All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.

Timothy Keller

God, Religious, Causes

Timothy Keller (2016). “Shaped by the Gospel: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City”, p.22, Harper Collins

For if many ill-conceived plans have succeeded through the still greater lack of judgment of an opponent, many more, apparently well laid, have on the contrary ended in disgrace. The confidence with which we form our schemes is never completely justified in their execution; speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

Thucydides

Safety, Opponents, Causes

Thucydides (1996). “The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War”

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty. Ghandi, quoted in Merton, p. 68

Thomas Merton

Liberty, Causes, Destruction

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure

Thomas A. Edison

Way, Causes

nobody is a good judge in his own cause!

Therese of Lisieux

Judging, Causes, Good Judges

St. Therese of Lisieux (2013). “Story of a Soul The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux: Third Edition Translated from the Original Manuscripts”, p.114, ICS Publications

At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies.

Theodore Roosevelt

Confusion, Devil, Causes

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.