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Sake Quotes - Page 25

Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking.

Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, delivered 23 January 2008, Davos, Switzerland

For the sake of public discourse, for the demands of the free market, and for the value we place in citizen advocacy, Rush Limbaugh must go.

"Long Time Coming: Why Rush Limbaugh Must Go" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2012.

Leaving his country for his country's sake.

"The Life and Death of Sir Francis Drake". Book by Charles Fitzgeoffrey, stanza 213, 1596.

I cannot help it; reason has nothing to do with it; I love her against reason-but who would as soon love me for my own sake, as she would love the beggar at the corner.

Charles Dickens (1868). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.238

Clary found herself wondering if the forsaken were edible.

Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.362, Simon and Schuster

You can't bury a part of yourself that's so innate to who you've been, even if it's not for the sake of anything other than a pure enjoyment of it.

"Carrie Brownstein Talks Sleater-Kinney, Acting, Writing, and More". Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. March 25, 2010.

Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable.

"Bryan Cranston Talks Drive, Breaking Dad and Total Recall at Tiff". Interview with Fred Topel, collider.com. September 19, 2011.

Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way.

"The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.