The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks were not. They had other motivations.
Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.
Thus every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.
Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.
Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.
As fast as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.
I am more interested in what moves people, than how they move.
It is very different when you age. The things that are significant, or what drives you, or the physical experience of being driven, changes over time.
No one does anything from a single motive.
The active part of man consists of powerful instincts.
The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.
I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition or survival.
I spent a lot of my adult life overcoming fear. It was a subject I knew a lot about, and it's one of the most important and most powerful human emotions. Fear is one of the greatest driving forces in the world. So I thought I could go into the horror genre and do things differently and contribute a different point of view.
It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction.
You never know what motivates you.
Power, greed, and perhaps more than anything, ego, are powerful emotions and motivators.
The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires.
I'm not interested in how people move, but what moves them.
A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.
Look at the way sports, music and film have become driving forces of popular culture. Fashion is the fourth pillar.
Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.
It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver.
What drives 90 percent of stuff is not the small tactical decisions or the personal relationships but the big, macro political incentives.
It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
The subconscious is ahead of the conscious, and we never know what really drives us.
