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If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.
We can't have tech just for the sake of it. To maximise the potential of technology solutions you have to understand how to use them.
We must transition away from the dirtiest fossil fuels toward renewable sources of energy for the sake of our economy and our planet.
I used to tell moms that for the sake of their well-being they had to put themselves first. But I know now that's not always possible.
For God's sake, all of you, say spiteful things about me, then I shall know I mean something to you. Don't say surgaries, or I'm done.
I'm not the kind of coach who just goes out and buys players for the sake of it. I'm a coach who wants to - and can - improve players.
I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand.
We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake.
I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.
My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, 'Oh, for God's sake, shut up.'
Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.
She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist's religion of doing good for the sake of goodness.
If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, 'Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take one for the team.'
I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters; I'm not an actor.
Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.
They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.
For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.
I'd like to have a successful marriage, not for the sake of labelling or branding, but because I believe in the institution of marriage.
I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.
I don't tackle major global events. I don't like to read about something - an event, a cataclysm - in fiction for the sake of reading it.
God chose us to live both in body and in soul, but the body functions for the sake of the soul more than the soul functions for the body.
I am associated with good brands, such as my concert tour with Salman Khan. I'd rather do that than take up work for the sake of working.
We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of human spirit.
I find the trick to playing a villain is that you can't be bad for the sake of being bad. It has to be rooted in some sort of heartbreak.
If philosophy is to be a valuable part of life, we have to appreciate it for its own sake, and not just for what it's done for us lately.
It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this.
What you cannot conquer, circumvent but do not compromise yourself for the sake of the urban jungle, because concrete does not sympathise.
I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.
The hardest thing is to give up something you love, for the sake of Allah. But remember Allah never takes without giving something better.
When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.
Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.
I'm the least-experimental writer. The idea of trying things just for the sake of pushing the envelope, that's never really interested me.
Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.
I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.
It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits of one's labour.
I don't want to take anything that's coming in for the sake of work. I want to choose carefully, as I have done since leaving 'EastEnders.'
Developing personal power includes learning not to negotiate your self-worth for the sake of someone else or sell yourself short for a job.
It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.
Electro is today's disco - making electronic music not for the sake of selling it but for sharing it and touring around the world D.J.-ing.
It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.
When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.
Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.
Comfort is always a priority, but that doesn't mean, just for the sake of comfort, I will wear some silly stuff and make myself look tacky.
The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
I don't want to get married for the sake of getting married. My hope is that I have a partner with whom I can continue to take on the world.
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.
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.
I admire James Franco. I admire somebody like Jack Nicholson. Anyone who just does movies for the sake of making movies and takes big risks.
I'm polite. I guess that's the dichotomy within me. I don't like to piss people off just for the sake of pissing them off. I pick my battles.
To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that's quite a task