For pity’s sake, if you don’t take a shine to a novel, there are loads more in the world; read something else. Continue suffering, and it’s not the author’s fault. It’s yours.
It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country free of the need to find new ways of reading the past as an inspiring way of thinking about everything else, including the present.
If I had accepted the offers to continue just for the sake of carrying on then it wouldn’t have made me happy especially if it was just for money. Now I’ve got other projects to concentrate on.
The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn’t have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not always healthy.
If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don’t create value in most cases.
I am a bit of a boss, even when it’s about the composting. This goes here! This goes there! Don’t do that! Maybe for the sake of others, I should let go a bit.
I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn’t just compile power and hold onto power for power’s sake.
People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.
But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
I never wanted to lose who I am, my character or my integrity for the sake of Hollywood.
I don’t ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
I’m not sure that some governors just don’t want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to say they did.
I don’t hero worship for the sake of hero worship. When I find people who are truly remarkable – and I think Joseph Needham is a classic example – I do value their counsel.
Look at someone like Mary Berry, for God’s sake, that woman is just such an inspiration… what’s to say you can’t do stuff for years and years and years?
I think ‘Y&R’s future is contingent upon the ratings. Obviously, none of the soaps are kept alive for the sake of loyalty. It’s all about ratings. It’s show business. Period.
I just have a serious problem with business for business’ sake: this bottom-dollar mentality. I have a serious problem with evil.
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.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
The Heaneys were aristocrats, in the sense that they took for granted a code of behavior that was given and unspoken. Argumentation, persuasion, speech itself, for God’s sake, just seemed otiose and superfluous to them.
Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.
When we have gay characters on TV, they’re just, kind of, gay for the sake of being gay. That’s their personality. That’s their whole backstory, that’s their future story, that’s their present story – it’s just gay. Nobody’s just gay.
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.
There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don’t achieve what I’ve achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent.
I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward… I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.
I won’t ever play something just for the sake of playing it, why would I do that?
We try to make games we want to make for the sake of making fun games and not necessarily to make a profit.
Everything we’ve ever done has been for artistry’s sake, and for the greater good and paying homage to those who came before us and paving the way for those who come after us.
For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.
Men exist for the sake of one another.
So the thing is to put out music for music’s sake.
I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it’s efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience.
There’s something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there is a part of me that thinks, I wonder how hard they tried?
The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.
Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we’re willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, ‘Nice song.’ ‘Honey, you don’t look fat in that, no.’
It breaks my heart when I see young women swept up in today’s celebrity culture that encourages them to give themselves away for the sake of a few likes on social media.
Let’s set aside political gamesmanship and work together for the sake of our children.
Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don’t like music that’s trippy for trippy’s sake.
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.
What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You know, what I do is not terribly intellectual. I’m a pop singer for Christ’s sake. As a person, I’m fairly uncomplicated.
Too many companies are just being big for the sheer sake of it. Too many CEOs thinking bigger is better.
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.
I know easyJet is not luxury, but we certainly don’t charge for wheelchairs or take away essentials. You have to make the passengers reasonably comfy for the sake of health.
It’s not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don’t have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it’s a great privilege.
I don’t want to just keep playing for the sake of playing. The day I realise I’m not good enough, I’ll go. I want to play as long as I can – not just to make up the numbers but to play with utmost passion.
The word ‘superficial’ comes with such negative connotations, suggesting that whatever it is applied to has no value. But the emotional pull of beauty for its own sake cannot be underestimated.
Certainly it may, under present imperfect conditions, often be a duty not to destroy the outward form of marriage for the sake of the children. But by no means can this duty be preached as universally binding.
If you’re rude for television’s sake, it ain’t reality TV.
I entreat students of letters and other scholars to obey their masters in things good, to imitate them, and diligently apply themselves to letters for the sake of God’s honour and their own salvation and that of other men.
For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.
Here is the most important thing for us all to remember, for the sake of our common sanity and safety: In America, the right to vote and democratically elect a president is just as precious and valued as the right to protest and express yourself against that president.
Prakash Jha is an intense filmmaker, he is a perfectionist. He would never have a song just for the sake of it.
We have sacrificed everything for the sake of democracy.
I’m not one of those guys that says something stupid just for the sake of getting more attention.
I have never lied on anyone to disrepute or sully their reputation for the sake of revenge.
We have a family holiday once a year, usually abroad, but that’s it. I feel I should have holidays for my family’s sake, but I’m not that adventurous.
The Tea Party is clearing gunk out of the fuel lines of this country. It started with throwing out Democrats, but the Republicans are going to be next. We’re doing what needs to be done for the sake of the country.
In the end, you have to forgive in order to heal and move forward with your life. For people who hurt you very deeply, you don’t have to forgive them for their sake but for your sake, so that you can move forward and have a healthier and happier life.
I just don’t want to do films for the sake of it.
The bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of government. We accept limits on our rights for the sake of a larger social compact all the time.
