Motives

Famous quotes containing the word motives:

    Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.
    Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)

    Single mothers have as much to teach their children as married mothers and as much love to share—maybe more. Yet their motives are often labeled selfish and single-minded—never mind all the babies brought into the world to snag husbands, “save” faltering marriages or produce heirs.
    —Anne Cassidy. “Every Child Should Have a Father But....,” McCall’s (March 1985)

    Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
    —J.M. (James Matthew)