Top 17 Quotes About Questioning Motives
#1. Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the same to you. Questioning motives poisons the well.
John Sununu
#2. Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long time to see the world as I want it without constantly looking for approval. I still fall, but I'm better suited for survival.
Damon Runyon
#3. It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.
Jefferson Davis
#4. Our works do not generate righteousness, rather our righteousness in Christ generates works.
Martin Luther
#5. We are all blessed with different dreams and our duty is to share those dreams with others not envy one another.
Euginia Herlihy
#6. He discounted the value of his own efforts, and seemed to feel that anyone would have done the same.
Yoko Ogawa
#7. You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.
Barack Obama
#8. I have a profound admiration for Fellini. I met him lately and he's just fantastic. I feel very close to him even though he's very Italian. But his films could have been made in every country. When I say, I feel close to him, then also because we're both born on January 20th.
David Lynch
#9. I'm trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much as some people would like.
Joel Osteen
#11. I'm not questioning Dick Cheney's motives. There's a chance for a conflict of interest. At one point in time, he was opposed to going into Baghdad. Then he was out of office and involved in the defense industry, and then he became for going into Baghdad.
Rand Paul
#12. I hate performing on live television. It's so scary, because, if you screw up, you don't really get any retakes. So when I do television shows now, having been on 'Idol' really helps me mentally to just kind of take it all in. So I learned a lot from it.
Phillip Phillips
#13. I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies.
Rickie Lee Jones
#14. I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as felicitous, that idea which I hope to be able to examine more closely in the light of day.
Roger Martin
#15. His first - and worst - mistake was blindly doing what he was told to do. Without questioning their methods or their motives, he allowed politicians to make the decisions that led to his early demise.
Tom Robbins
#16. Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
Dwight D. Eisenhower