The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community. From LearnThat.org. [Albert Einstein (1879-1955).]
A motive force. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I use it here to mean a doctrinaire Marxist whose main motive is hostility to the Stalin regime. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Nationalism] Reference
The only people that the "motive" is relevant to is the police when looking for a suspect. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
He may find the unlettered purer in motive and act. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
And the main motive for all of us is to make money. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Fish With Commies] Reference
We'll get back to you when the motive is determined. From Wordnik.com. [Behe Responds] Reference
His only motive is to annoy and toss out provacations. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Nelson signals intent to join Republican filibuster of Obama labor board nominee. (Updated)] Reference
Here too, the motive is political, in two different ways. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
So, I guess I had a social/ulterior motive from the start. From Wordnik.com. [Publicity, Media, and the Writer’s Role in Society] Reference
And is profit the main motive in his moviemaking ambitions?. From Wordnik.com. [The Apocalypse, Rated PG] Reference
This model fails to work if the underlying motive is profit. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Hyman, MD: Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception] Reference
However, his motive is not preserving Earth's lookout station. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Terraforming Earth by Jack Williamson] Reference
The profit motive is still a pretty strong force in many banks. From Wordnik.com. [We've Heard All This Before From BP] Reference
Lack of commercial motive is now irrelevant, as it is in the US. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
They have not a county, no allegiance, their only motive is gain. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » In 2005, Exxon CEO Raked in 190K a Day] Reference
The motive is the good intention - care of the children's health. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Kazkahstan: Educational Deadlock] Reference
Anger reinforced by a high moral motive is indeed a potent weapon. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire Within] Reference
By 1965, questions of long-term motive became somewhat beside the point. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: Vietnam: How Government Became Wolves] Reference
The fourth motive is akin to the third; it is the motive of philanthropy. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth and Genius of the British Empire] Reference
Unfortunatly, in a capitalist economy, the profit motive is just too great. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Hastert meets with ExxonMobil CEO.] Reference
The profit motive is alive and well on both sides of the garage sale table. From Wordnik.com. [The Whole Point of MySpace is Oldies Dont Get It.] Reference
You expose the true motive for the marriage amendment … and that motive is HATE. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Religious Right Seeks Unprecedented Constitutional Convention To Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress] Reference
The profit motive is one of the big problems in the cost and quality of healthcare. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Woman Who Was Denied Insurance Due To Pre-Existing Condition Looking To Get Married For Health Care] Reference
I said the profit motive is great for some things and counterproductive for others. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’] Reference
Sad to say but the profit motive is much stronger these days than the healing motive. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Flued.] Reference
The motive is usually one's reasoned-to-self capability of accomplishing the "ought.". From Wordnik.com. [Carry-Over Thread] Reference
You expose the true motive for the marriage amendment†¦ and that motive is HATE. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Religious Right Seeks Unprecedented Constitutional Convention To Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress] Reference
Ultimately only one motive is at work throughout the whole story: the pursuit of power. From Wordnik.com. [Raffles and Miss Blandish] Reference
The headstones are meant to typify the union of all "in motive, in action and in death". From Wordnik.com. [The Great Remembrance] Reference
The motive is English - a discontentment with human rights that is not shared elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Something like the DSCH motive is nice but I don't love Shostakovich's music that much!!. From Wordnik.com. [Ink-Stained Wretch] Reference
The fear motive is not one which is prominent in the composition of the typical scientist. From Wordnik.com. [Scientist and Citizen] Reference
New partners I don´t need unless the motive is purely acquisitive in nature and impersonal. From Wordnik.com. [JOINT VENTURE TO OWN PROPERTIES] Reference
Here the main motive for having separate Boards or Commissions is administrative convenience. From Wordnik.com. [The Relationship Between Governments and Government-Controlled Corporations] Reference
Their motive is not the destruction of the United States and the death of our civilian population. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Cliff May: National Review Bloggers Are ‘Fighting a War’ That Is ‘Equally Consequential’ To U.S. Troops in Combat] Reference
What the motive is with which he backs this advice: If it may be a lengthening of thy tranquility. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The first motive is still valid particularly so because then Germany, West Germany, was only 48 million. From Wordnik.com. [Germany After Unification] Reference
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