There's nothing wrong with fame, but to seek out the spotlight just to be on TV for the sake of being on TV, and to put your children on there, I think, is especially disgusting.
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.
Ash: [being sucked in a vortex] For God's sake! How do you stop it?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Please, I beg you! For safety's sake, don't humiliate him!
Our society spends a lot of money on prison bars. For the sake of our kids, let's invest in monkey bars.
Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.
I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill.
Nobody sang better than my mom. That's why I've never even thought of singing for singing sake. I've always thought of a song as an acting piece, as a way to say something.
Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)
The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests.
I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.
If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say 'I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way Of speaking gently, ... for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ...
Who am I, for God's sake, that I should be kind!
We can all make a difference. For the sake of humanity,we have too.
There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
Food didn't kill people, for God's sake, people killed people. With their harping, and criticizing, and careful living.
Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland
A wise man once said that the opposite of being alive is being boring, so for God’s sake, don’t be boring !
The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.
