Justify Quotes

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media.

While I remain troubled by the Corps' inability to fully justify the Model they used for their commercial traffic predictions, America clearly has an aging lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi.

It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.

Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.

You shouldn't have to justify your work.

If the end does not justify the means - what can?

Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something.

I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.

There's always been some moron-who usually went by the name of 'producer' - who would have to justify his existence, and interfere.

Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment.

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.

Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit.

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

Anderson's muckraking is one of debatable ends constantly used to justify questionable works.

And malt does more than Milton can To justify the ways of God to man.

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position.