Quotes with --because

Quotes 941 till 960 of 2303.

  • Buzz Aldrin If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia has its eye on Mars. Landing people on the moon will be terribly consuming of resources we don't have. It sounds great - 'Let's go back. This time we're going to stay.' I don't know why you would want to stay on the moon.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Mother Teresa If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Ruth Benedict If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.
    Ruth Benedict
    American anthropologist and folklorist (1887 - 1948)
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  • Ray Bradbury If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
    Ray Bradbury
    American science-fiction writer (1920 - 2012)
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  • Barbara Boxer If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Barry Diller If we're going to talk about our businesses, we're going to have to talk about them within the constraints of the disclosure rules, without giving guidance, because we're not going to give guidance, because we don't believe that it is a sensible game to play.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Gloria Steinem If you add up all the forms of genocide, from female infanticide and genital mutilation to so-called honor crimes, sex trafficking, and domestic abuse, everything, we lose about 6 million humans every year just because they were born female. That's a holocaust every year.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Burgess Owens If you apologize to me, I look at it as an insult because my parents, my grandparents, my great-grandparents, like every other culture out there, did exactly what they needed to do. They worked hard, and they became part of the American way, and they earned the respect of Americans across the board. We need to do the same.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Leo Burnett If you are writing about baloney, don't try and make it Cornish hen, because that's the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darn good baloney.
    Leo Burnett
    American advertising executive (1891 - 1971)
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  • Chris Evert If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.
    Chris Evert
    American tennis player (1954 - )
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  • Steven Wright If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Al Goldstein If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account.
    Al Goldstein
    American pornographer (1936 - 2013)
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  • Anais Nin If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Robert Townsend If you don't do it with excellence, don't do it at all! Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?
    Robert Townsend
    American businessman
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  • Bob Saget If you laugh at that, you lower the bar, and I will limbo under it because I am a fucked-up guy!
    Source: Bob Saget: That Aint Right (2007)
    Bob Saget
    American stand-up comedian, actor, television host and director (1956 - 2022)
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  • Branford Marsalis If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold.
    Branford Marsalis
    American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (1960 - )
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  • Brene Brown If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Bo Schembechler If you think my career has been a failure because I have never won a national title, you have another thing coming.
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  • Buck Owens If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Bill Hader If you watch 'SNL,' any time there's this thing with everyone singing, I'm, like, the one person who just has a straight line of dialogue because I can't sing to save my life.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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