Cui Bono Quotes & Sayings

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens. — Carine Roitfeld

When you forgive those that hurt you, they no longer have control over your future happiness. Their anger keeps them a prisoner to your past, while you enjoy the present. — Shannon L. Alder

I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; ... — Paulo Coelho

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset.
The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit? — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The law of Karma is the law of causation. — Swami Vivekananda

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"? — Ambrose Bierce

The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything. — Terry Goodkind

One minute we were sitting at the lowly kitchen table moaning about the sorry state of our lives and the next we were liberating the architecture with heavy projectiles. This was pure, freedom. Better than sniffing glue. — Augusten Burroughs

Someone once said you could tell the people who were in the most successful relationships by the bite marks on their tongues. — Barbara Seranella

Physical health doesn't exist apart from the health of other things. Health ultimately involves the community, and the community ultimately involves the place and natural life of that place, so that real health is harmony with the world. — Wendell Berry

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused. — Edmund Burke

I had to do something about my longing, so I got up, went to the kitchen in my nightgown, peeled a pound of potatoes, boiled them up, sliced them, fried them in butter, salted them generously and ate every bite of them - asking my body the whole while if it would please accept the satisfaction of a pound of fried potatoes in lieu of the fulfillment of lovemaking.
My body replied, only after eating every bite of food: No deal, babe. — Elizabeth Gilbert

It seems to me the only pertinent question is: cui bono? It is clear that the size of the privileged strata as a percentage of the whole has grown significantly under historical capitalism. And for these people, the world they know is better on the whole than any their earlier counterparts knew. — Immanuel Wallerstein

The government targets 'Anonymous' for the same reason it targets al-Qaida - because they're the enemy. — John Perry Barlow

Rage is a short-lived fury. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Success isn't always about triumph. It's about carrying on, continuing the battle. Even the fight can't be won. — Shannon Messenger

I suppose we all lie to ourselves sometimes. — Cassandra Clare