Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.

But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us be merry before we go.

But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, 4 to perplex and dash Maturest counsels.

But also movies seem to like me more than television, so I don't get hired a lot for TV for whatever reason.

But I don't think there's any reason to get married again, especially after what I've been through.

But if your boyfriend, out of nowhere and with no advance warning whatsoever, dumps you for no apparent reason, is it really about you? Or is it all him?

But, indeed, words are very rascals, since bonds [vows] disgraced them." Viola: "Thy reason, man?" Feste: "Troth [Truthfully], sir, I can yield you none without words, and words are grown so false, I am loathe to prove reason with them.

But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort.

But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.

But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working

But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.

But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in.

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.

But the reason we have this built-in desire for happiness is because we're created in God's image. He wired us to want to be happy. Unfortunately, we sometimes disassociate happiness from its true source, which is God Himself. Satan tempts us by offering us happiness, because he knows that's what we want. But he offers it in the wrong places, at the wrong times, and in the wrong things.

But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.

But when reason and the study of history began revealing the irrationality, the limitations, and the merely transitory nature of the capitalist order, bourgeois ideology as a whole and with it bourgeois economics began abandoning both reason and history.

But whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital.

But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.

But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me.

But yet they that have no Science , are in better, and nobler condition with their naturall Prudence; than men, that by their mis-reasoning, or by trusting them that reason wrong, fall upon false and absurd generall rules.

By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow.

By the time I'm old, I'm sure I'll have lived a full enough life. I think we're mortal for a reason. Life gets tiring, man!

Caleb could be so testy for no known reason. At times, it was like dating a woman with irritable bowel syndrome. Or rabies.

call it crazy, or just chicken salad. But within reason, or without it i was in it too.

Canada, by others in the global family, is, for some reason, taken seriously. They have about 30 million people. They have some natural resources.

Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore

Can reason be an idol? Certainly. The philosophy of rationalism puts human reason in the place of God as the source and standard of all truth.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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.