Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men.

In an abstract but real sense, Marxism arose through the breakdown first of religion and then of 'reason' as single sources of authority.

Indeed, it would be great if we could all be liberated through reason, but I think it only gets us part of the way. After all, someone may have a very logical view, but for other reasons we may still fail to hear what that person says, or we may turn their words around so that they are understood to say the opposite. The task is really to find ways of addressing deep-seated forms of fear and aggression that make it possible to hold to manifestly inconsistent views without quite acknowledging them.

In Deism our reason and our belief are happily united.

Indu'd With sanctity of reason.

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason.

Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge.

In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.'

I never fight with reason- I just ignore it.

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.

I never want to paint anything just to make a pretty picture. The only reason I do this is because it's an outlet, it's emotional.

In every moment there is a reason to carry on.

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

In his heart, he knew that there was no reason to be impolite to someone, even if they did work for you. There was such a thing as manners after all.

In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore. Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business model.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.

In history, we are concerned with what has been and what is; in philosophy, however, we are concerned not with what belongs exclusively to the past or to the future, but with that which is, both now and eternally — in short, with reason.

In many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report [terrorists attacks].They have their reasons, and you understand that.

In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration.

In many people's many people's minds this is the sole reason Barack Obama was elected. He was elected to fix race relations.

In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary.

In my experience, you get a job for a reason. Your work life happens for a reason.

In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.

In my life I've easily lost 500 pounds but for some reason they keep finding me.

In my view, one of the major reasons that we have so many people in jail is that we have turned our backs on a lot young people.

In Poland, nobody is arrested or persecuted for political reasons.

I noticed that almost everyone I went to college with has worked at something other than the subject they majored in. I guess that's one of the reasons for campus unrest.

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.

In other localities certain places in the streams are much better than others, but at Niagara one place is just as good as another, for the reason that the fish do not bite anywhere.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied.

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.

Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.

In the cosmology that's behind psychology, there is no reason for anyone to be here or do anything.

In the context of your dreams,knowledge will always gives you enough reasons not to act. Act regardless and execute xceptionally

In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

In the stock market... You can be right for the wrong reasons or wrong for the right reasons.

In the matter of faith, we have the added weight of hope to that of reason in the convictions which we sustain relating to a future state.

In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason.

In these anxious times many of us are less astonished that reason is ever suspended than that it should ever prevail, even during the briefest of intervals.

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything.

In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]

In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing.

In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity.

Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it

Intuition does not denote something contrary to reason, but something outside of the province of reason.