We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.
George Bernard Shaw
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Disgust with dirt can be so great that it prevents us from cleaning ourselves - from 'justifying' ourselves.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.
Saint Jerome
Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Milan Kundera
A lot of our grapes go to the Central Valley. These producers can?t justify higher wine grape prices.
Dennis Collins
The government can't keep justifying the demilitarized zone with nothing to show the country.
Fernando Giraldo
And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man.
A. E. Housman
They are strategically doing the right things, but the valuation is hard to justify.
Jeffery Harte
The benefits derived did not justify the amount of the loan.
Peter Gray
With the worsening deflator, it's difficult to justify a policy shift in March.
Masato Fukasaku
Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.
Friedrich Engels
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
Ted Koppel
They will need additional buses, additional employees, fuel - everything across the board goes up. Anything that improves safety, we're all for it. But the unintended consequences are too great to justify.
Keith Henry
They have to really justify it well, ... I don't know what their logic is or anything.
Don Vincent
Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
Imelda Marcos
European equities are undervalued but not undervalued enough to justify sharp recovery in price.
Michael O'sullivan
I'm sure that history will justify our choice.
Shimon Peres
[By October] it will be difficult to justify an 'amber' rating.
Don Cruickshank
Nothing can ever justify the shedding of innocent blood or the taking of lives.
Prince Abdullah
That's high. It's tough to justify. So let's look at the charts -- I'll feel better.
Larry Rice
On a strictly numerical basis it is almost impossible to justify food. But we consider it a part of our brand.
Mark Dunkerley
When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.
Ron Reagan
The previous team now feels they were vindicated. The new team feels they have to justify their actions.
Nasser Hadian
Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.
David Lodge
The growth of earnings per share this year does not justify the 100 percent shares increase.
Brenda Lee
There are no reasons for justifying or forgiving the actions of the defendant.
Gusti Lanang Dauh
I know it's tough to justify, but sometimes your 20th draft pick becomes as important as your first. It's a mistake judging an entire draft class by what the first guy does.
Terry Ryan
I have reluctantly concluded that this nominee has not satisfied the high burden that would justify my voting for his confirmation based on the current record.
Nevada Democrat
If you are going to be true to your squad how can you justify figures like that.
Fraser Neill
I am extremely honored that the governor appointed me, and I am going to work as hard as I can to justify his confidence in me. I'm excited and looking forward to it. I know it won't be a cakewalk, but I'm anxious to get at it.
Dave Clausen
You shouldn't have to justify your work.
Judy Chicago
Or at least the ends justify being really mean!
Frank Miller
Give God the margin of eternity to justify himself.
H. R. Haweis
Anderson's muckraking is one of debatable ends constantly used to justify questionable works.
Thomas Griffith
We do not agree that she was an 'accomplished liar' - the few examples cited are, with respect, not sufficient to justify such an inference.
Herman Broodryk
I feel we can justify every dollar of this. I think our job now is to convince the county commissioners, and enlist the support of the public in convincing the county commissioners, how important it is we get this budget approved.
Steve Schewel
This seems to justify the Westinghouse acquisition from a strategic perspective.
Yoshiharu Izumi
I would expect there are students out there who rationalize that they cheated out of boredom with the class. That's like justifying a bank robbery, you can't.
Fran Cohen
The monster who played God can justify his actions; sometimes he possibly believes he was an angel of mercy.
Dolores Stasienko
The costs of social uncertainty about covert monitoring are simply too high to justify Carnivore in its current form.
Jeffrey Rosen
Most people spend a lot of time justifying why it's got to be this way, ... they can put away something.
Ruth Hayden
We couldn't justify investing in improvements knowing we were going to have to move away. So when we looked at the economics, this is much better.
Stephen Kintner
Whether we're alone in this or not, we see a good chance of success, ... We think it will be difficult for the APA to justify its decision based on the hearing record.
John Sheehan
Bidders that have access to capital and the capability to ensure that their cost of capital is highly competitive will be the ones that will be able to justify multibillion-dollar investment in Singapore.
Jonathan Galaviz
I can't rationally justify it other than to say I think it is consistent with her dignity that somebody do that.
Julian Gardner
Concern has mounted progressively and events in recent weeks justify that concern.
Dr Margaret Chan
Because of this, and the fact that this is an FDA-approved product, we feel it is difficult to justify being the country's only major pharmacy chain not selling it.
Ron Chomiuk
Bond yields are set to go higher. With the U.S. economy expanding and reports suggesting Japan's growth is on a firm footing, it's difficult to justify buying bonds.
Jun Fukashiro
We could only justify it if we were guaranteed Champions League football for the next three seasons. There is no guarantee.
Rudi Assauer
This is a situation where from the first day of trading it was difficult to justify the price on the basis of fundamentals.
Jay Ritter
Customers can expand from there, but they can justify their investment with this.
Jacob Christfort
The question for a lot of these funds is, how much more are they willing to pay and whether the price they have to pay will justify the returns they are going to get in the future.
Clement Chong
The facts of the case justify Mr. Ashworth's execution, ... There has been nothing that occurred since the day of the crime to change the facts of the case or the law.
Robert Becker
There has just not been the kind of interest being expressed to justify that move.
Jeffrey Mills
Their filing did not reflect that damage and could not justify the rate increase.
Jim Hurley
The story of the current account deficit allowed traders and analysts to justify any currency prices.
Steve Pearson
We can't justify it until the church is complete.
David Floyd
We believe there is enough demand from North Carolina to New York to justify serving two airports, especially considering that the top destination out of Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham is New York.
David Ulmer
You can't ignore the fact that concerns about U.S. economic growth are starting to spread. We've reached a point where it's hard to justify aggressive buying from here.
Yutaka Miura
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
Leon Trotsky
Cyclical sectors are at high valuations, justifying a more defensive stance.
Alexander Young
No business person could justify these kinds of losses continuing.
Lance Conn
When the government was asked to justify their demand they conceded that they needed much less.
Nicole Wong
One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.
Maureen Dowd
The price is extremely racy. They have to seriously turn this business around to justify what they've paid for it.
Robert Grindle
We're seeing an administration that's engaging in a lot of legal hairsplitting to justify behavior that's not authorized by the law.
Lisa Graves
If we see them increasing their outlook for the world economy in terms of growth and we see that feed into Canada, it may justify another rate hike to 4.50.
John Anania
They put out a whole stream of material justifying their actions and explaining their strategy.
Paul Eedle
It wasn't really a huge expense, but it was one that we couldn't justify.
Jim Newell
And malt does more than Milton can To justify the ways of God to man.
Alfred Edward Housman
Whatever they're trying to justify, hurting Mike would not help their case at all. And no one would worry about what they are trying to justify if they do hurt Mike.
Ken Cooper
The pay just doesn't justify that kind of dedication and expense.
Mike Dorsett
Human beings are very complicated, and there are a lot of interesting barriers we set up (to justify behaviors that aren't in our best interests). The key to advertising is not to bash them down with a battering ram but to coax out the positive behaviors.
Peggy Conlon
The ends must justify the means.
Matthew Prior
What have they done there to justify that?
Sandra Goldstein
In his mind, I don't know how he justifies that. When you lay it on the line for a guy and you're loyal to him and do everything you can for the guy, how do you justify it? It would be hard for me to justify.
Don Soldinger
Nothing that happened 30 years ago can justify the treatment of Adams today.
Richard Mcauley
We're questioning the legality of that. It's hard for us to justify that as a legitimate cost.
Peter Suwak
The goal of achieving a diverse student body is sufficiently compelling to justify consideration of race ... under some circumstances.
Lewis Powell
I will try to justify my recall and will try to cement my place in the one-day squad if got an opportunity to play in the final 11.
Faisal Iqbal
Present market conditions do not justify the launch.
Pierre Beaudoin
The mistakes of the trial chamber justify the reduction of the sentence.
Fausto Pocar
Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.
Marc Chagall
By the time that school gets built and is up off the ground, there could be enough students to justify it.
Rick Caporale
The current situation on the ground does not justify a tsunami warning.
Kapil Sibal
I was always anxious that my fees were egregious and that I had to have the best performance in the world to justify them.
Michael Steinhardt
States that have science to justify what they are doing have nothing to fear in this legislation.
Sean Mcbride
It would be more of an uphill fight to justify downloading 'The Sopranos' if you're not an HBO subscriber.
Fred Von Lohmann
Now people are charging much fancier fees, and they don't make the same demands on themselves. I was always anxious that my fees were egregious and that I had to have the best performance in the world to justify them.
Michael Steinhardt
It is now increasingly hard to justify calling Pluto a planet if UB313 is not also given this status.
Frank Bertoldi
If the group is seen as a less than human agent, then this will justify inhumane treatment.
Neil Smelser
With the cost of fuel today, I think we can justify that.
Francis Harvey
Freedom of expression cannot justify indignity towards a religion.
Yuri Thamrin
It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.
Archibald Alexander
(The researchers) have to be able to justify the use of animals. It's extremely competitive.
Eric Sandgren
The ECB could never argue in the way the Fed did in justifying its most recent rate cuts, by citing markets and the economy.
Ernst Welteke
That makes it much easier to justify the expense.
Eric Wright
We can justify it in California, ... Katrina is making us sit up and pay attention.
Eric Wilson
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