Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

The total wall is between editorial and newsroom. And unbreachable barrier. For good reason. It doesn't mean the two sides don't talk.

The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.

The trick is: you have to feel good for no reason.

The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

The truth is I have had, for whatever reason, several movie-star boyfriends.

The truth is, however, that every religion form is superior to the others in a particular respect, and it is this characteristic that in fact indicates the sufficient reason for the existence of that form.

The truth is that reason is the enemy of life.

The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.

The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.

The truth simply is that's all. It doesn't need reasons: it doesn't have to be right: it's just the truth. Period.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them

The underlying reason for this is the Europeans' fear that Islamists could gain power. Many still consider authoritarian Arab regimes to be the lesser evil.

The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields.

The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

The very reason for nature's existence is the education of the soul; it has no other meaning.

The vampire thing always works for some reason. Always works.

The waitress comes over to me like, 'What'chu readin' for?' I had never been asked that. Not 'What am I reading?' but 'What am I reading for?' Goddammit, you stumped me. Hmm, why do I read? I suppose I read for a lot of reasons, one of the main ones being so I don't end up being a... waffle waitress.

The war existing between the senses and reason.

The war in Iraq has been very, very expensive - partly because the Administration tried to keep the apparent costs down. But the benefits have been elusive at best - partly because the ostensible reasons for going war were unconnected with reality - no weapons of mass destruction, no connections with 9/11.

The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece.

The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.

The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.

The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

The world is absolutely out of control now and is not going to be saved by any reason or unreason.

The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.

The way evolution always discovers reasons is by retroactive endorsement.

The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it.

The whole notion of one person being enough for everything gets instantly challenged when you start to talk with somebody about wanting more or of wanting something else. They take it personally, feel like a failure or feel that they lack something, so you don't talk about it because you don't want to hurt, offend, or scare the other person. You also don't want to be rejected or have them leave you, whatever the reason.

The world is not a rational place.

The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.

They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute - so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.

They don't hang dukes, darling. He'd be let off by reason of insanity. Everyone knows the upper classes are batty.

They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.

They say things happen for a reason You don't do them, they won't.

They've been stepping on my toes for years. It's just a reason to get new boots.

Things don't just happen, they have reasons. And the reasons have reasons. And the reasons for the reasons have reasons. And then the things that happen make other things happen, so they become reasons themselves. Nothing moves forward in a straight line, nothing is straightforward.

Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.

Things happen for a reason. We'll see where life takes me from here.

Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought.

This belief in God has to be based on faith which transcends reason.

This economy is not getting better and the president's policies are the reason.

This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition.

This is the big reason most humorists fail. Drunks don't read books.

This then is the age of reason.

This was the reason there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that didn't have words big enough to describe them.