#sake

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity. ↗

— Steven Brust

#avoid #before #called #conform #conformity

The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off. ↗

— Sid Caesar

#doing #i #i see #kids #language

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love. ↗

— John Donne

#hold #love #me #sake #tongue

I'm not sure it pays to do anything remotely public in Britain. It's such a spiteful society. People seem to enjoy making your life hard for the sake of it. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#britain #enjoy #hard #i #life

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

#absolute #act #always #decisions #great

If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#cases #company #create #guys #make

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#approach #best #challenge #decisions #environmental

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#deny #experience #never #own #peace

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#had #i #interest #lives #metaphor

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#beyond #creativity #endeavors #far #goes