Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.

A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal.

A lot of people want to die for a lot of reasons.

A lot of the reason I left New York, in addition to being so broke, was that I just felt I was becoming provincial in that way that only New Yorkers are. My points of reference were really insular. They were insular in that fantastic New York way, but they didn't go much beyond that. I didn't have any sense of class and geography, because the economy of New York is so specific. So I definitely had access and exposure to a huge variety of people that I wouldn't have had if I'd stayed in New York - much more so in Nebraska even than in L.A.

A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.

Always be patient. I also believe everything happens for a reason.

Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.

A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.

A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.

A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience.

A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.

America has maintained a prohibition on negotiating with terrorists for good reason.

American youth is looking for a reason to die.

A miracle entails a degree of irrationality-not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.

Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.

Among the reasons that you go into journalism, I suppose, are some rather idealistic, even foolish reasons. In my case one of the reasons was I wanted to explain how things really work, how political power really works.

A movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics.

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

An anguish of longing would boil up inside me; a hysterical thirst for contradictions and contrasts would appear, and I would embark on dissipations.

An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.

And all I really want to say is you're the reason I want to stay.

And for some reason, when I'm sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that's actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up.

And if things always stayed the same, Scarlett, what would be the reason for bothering to draw breath?

And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary.

And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing so much but because she was feeling so much.

And in down times it shakes a lot of the bad SF out, a lot the stuff that was bought for literary reasons, which is neither entertaining nor great literature.

And suddenly you're all i need the reason why I smile<3

[Andre] Gide can say it to me: it is a writer's morality only addressed to a few privileged people. For that reason it no longer interests me.

And, speaking generally, passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force.

And so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.

And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.

And these are your reasons, my lord?" "Do you think I have others?" said Lord Vetinari. "My motives, as ever, are entirely transparent." Hughnon reflected that 'entirely transparent' meant either that you could see right through them or that you couldn't see them at all.

And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands.

And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.

And when reality goes, sanity has no reason.

And yet, something inside you is so horrible or you're such a coward or whatever the reason that you decide that you have to end it. Robin Williams, at 63, did that today.

An educated mind is practiced in the uses of reason, which inevitably leads to a skeptical outlook.

An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.

An excess of reason is itself a form of madness

An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.

An established government has an infinite advantage, by that very circumstance of its being established--the bulk of mankind being governed by authority, not reason, and never attributing authority to anything that has not the recommendation of antiquity.

anger based on calculated reason is more dangerous than anger based on blind hate

An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity.

Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

Anyone who thinks they're happy should really see a doctor, because there is no reason to be happy.

Anything I do, I always have a reason for.

Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All (or AAAFNRAA)

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.