Motives

Famous quotes containing the word motives:

“Men sometimes have strange motives for the things they do.”
—Michael Reeves (1945–1969)

“The proper office of religion is to regulate the heart of men, humanize their conduct, infuse the spirit of temperance, order, and obedience; and as its operation is silent, and only enforces the motives of morality and justice, it is in danger of being overlooked, and confounded with these other motives.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)

“... for the motives of acts
Are rarely the same
As their name, as their name....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)