Causes Quotes - Page 53

Knowing he [Bob Serber] was going to the [first atom bomb] test, I asked him how he planned to deal with the danger of rattlesnakes. He said, 'I'll take along a bottle of whiskey.' … I ended by asking, 'What would you do about those possibilities [of what unknown phenomena might cause a nuclear explosion to propagate in the atmosphere]?' Bob replied, 'Take a second bottle of whiskey.'

The love of lucre, though sometimes carried to a ridiculous excess, a vicious excess, is the grand cause of prosperity to all States.

Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.

People united in pursuit of a righteous cause are unstoppable

Cynicism does not cause inaction.

A CAUSE is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other.

I will never shy away from embarrassing myself for a good cause

I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster.

All the doors that I had to close. All the things I knew but I didn't know. Thank God for all I missed. 'Cause it led me here to this.

If you're asking for a date, forget it. 'Cause I make it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head!

The mind is the effect, not the cause.

Disease is the abnormal performance of certain functions; the abnormal activity has its causes.

I'm a friend of the CEO of Twitter and he showed me how to be on it, but it causes such an uproar if what you post is perceived in a negative light.

Faith is not the result of fuzy thinking. It is the cause of it.

Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof of the mindstream's capacity to retain knowledge of physical and mental activities. It is related to the theory of interdependent origination and to the law of cause and effect.

The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.

I'm crazy. I know I'm crazy 'cause Desmond Tutu told me, and he's very clever. He said, 'You must free yourself, be more of who you are. Be more crazy.' And I'm going to.

Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.

UNICEF is working for the survival of children worldwide. What can we do to get more Americans committed to the cause?

I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes.

No one ever hates without a cause.

The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.

Happiness, however, is not the result of any one single cause. It is the result of many ideal states of being grouped together into one harmonious whole.

It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.

I’m done with the winning cause I’ve already won.