Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

Cars are the reason we, you know, people live or die.

Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.

Cereal when high is always a great option. I don't even have cereal for that reason.

Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do things unlawful and ill, and nobody obeys it.

Certain blood will be given for half certain reasons, as in all wars.

Certainty and similar states of ‘knowing what we know’ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of reason.

Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.

Chaos is a natural state of being - as natural as structure is - so there is no reason to fear it. On the contrary, one should embrace it. It means something extraordinary and unexpected is about to happen.

Charley: If you‘re not going to tell me where you are, if you‘re not going to trust me to help you, then why are you here? Why bother? Reyes: Because you‘re the reason I breathe.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Childhood is the sleep of reason. [Fr., L'enfance est le sommeil de la raison.]

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.

China and the U.S. have a very symbiotic relationship which will not decline any time soon. There are more shared interests as compared to shared differences and for this reason relations will continue to be good.

China only did the biggest devaluation in 20 years, only for one reason. Because they could get away with it.

Choose something you like to do. I know its a cliche, and youve heard it over and over. But the reason is, youre going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible.

Choose life … I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?

Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Clearly the American military has been a force for good for the United States. There's a reason we have a standing military. But there's something to be said for having a much smaller military because then we wouldn't be tempted to get involved in things we shouldn't be getting involved in.

Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job.

Comedy has always been something I love, but for some reason - probably because of the British accent - I've always been pushed toward more period work.

Come, then," returned the nephew gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.

Committing suicide so as not to be murdered is the worst reason I've ever heard of to die.

Commercial jobs are pretty easily adjustable because they only take a few hours to complete, which is one of the reasons they are a Godsend to the actor.

Congress passed the 1887 General Allotment Act. And that act ended up dispossessing tribes of 90 million acres. That history of dispossession was also accompanied by a history of forced assimilation whether it was in residential schools, whether it was in dismantling traditional tribal governance structures. And the justifications for that is that you're not as good as us. Our systems are better. Our modes of education. Our ways of owning land, our ways of working have been continually cited to Indians as the reason for these government policies.

Compelling reason will never convince blinding emotion.

Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a witness against me if I do wrong, and which approves if I do right. To act against conscience is to act against reason and God's Law.

Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.

Conscience is the pulse of reason

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore our certainty. Don't be tempted to substitute our judgment for your own.

Content is often the reason users come to your site.

Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

Cricket was my reason for living.

Curiosity is its own reason.

Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

Custom creates the whole of equity, for the simple reason that it is accepted.

Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.

Critics have a job to do. They do not criticize you without reason.

Custom does often reason overrule.

Danger is a side effect of what I do, not the reason behind it.

Death is to be feared because of the pain and loss it inflicts through love, and for no other reason.

David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he did journalism for the same reason the great Julius Irving did basketball: He loved doing it even when he was having a bad day.

Despite some remaining puzzles, there's no reason to doubt that Darwin had this point right, that all creatures on earth are biological relatives

Deism is logically compatible with evolutionary theory for the simple reason that the theory says nothing about the origin of the universe or of the laws of nature.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

Did we perfectly know the state of our own condition, and what was most proper for us, we might have reason to conclude our prayers not heard if not answered.

Do not believe anything on the mere authority of teachers or priests. Accept as true and as the guide to your life only that which accords with your own reason and experience, after thorough investigation. Accept only that which contributes to the well-being of yourself and others.