Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.

What you put out is what you get back, and the reason so many are so short of money is that they put little or nothing out

When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.

When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

When any duty is to be done, it is fortunate for you if you feel like doing it; but, if you do not feel like it, that is no reason for not doing it.

When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.

When Daddy goes to work, there's a mouth to feed, a point to life and a reason to do things

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.

When government is... bailing out banks... we have every good reason to be alarmed.

When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.

When I do go to L.A., it is usually for a reason - to meet with a director or something - but I'm always so happy to go back to London.

When I do things with people it's not with the hopes of them coming back because that would be a selfish reason for me to do anything.

When I do these interviews, I get really nervous. And when I get nervous, it comes off as mellow for some reason.

When I get the ball, for some reason I see holes. I'm not really sure how.

When I'm pushed outside of my comfort zone, I feel vulnerable. That's also one of the reasons I like being pushed out of my comfort zone, because it makes you grow as a person.

When intervening becomes routine, meaning there is no reason for it, only risks remain.

When I ran, people know I have a very big business. So I mean they elected me I guess partially for that reason.

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.

When I sleep to much I don't score. That's the reason I like to go out a lot.

When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else.

When I started playing solo 10 years ago, I had some ham-fisted idea about trying to subvert the "singer-songwriter" tag/genre, and I tried to obscure my identity into the identity of a collective or band or whatever. That's part of the reason that I used to play with backing tapes and why so much of my early stuff was so awash in tape hiss and echo noise.

When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons.

When it comes to renewable energy, there's no reason America should settle for second best.

When I was ten years old I wanted to be a taxidermist for some reason, don't ask me why.

When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach.

When nothing hampers action, the soul has fewer reasons for action.

When one chooses to be a writer, psychologically there's a reason for that because you like the isolation and you like to be by yourself and you are by nature timid.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.

When our commitment is diminished for any reason, part of the solution is repentance. Commitment and repentance are closely intertwined.

When philosophic reason is clear and certain by intuition or necessary induction, no subsequent revelation supported by prophecies or miracles can supersede it.

When push-off comes to shove-off, a man must have a reason to get out of bed in the mornings, something more than the threat of bedsores, at any rate.

When power replaces truth as the goal, assertion replaces reason as the path

When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

When reason and instinct are reconciled, there will be no higher appeal.

When somebody comes to your front door, and they're screaming obscenities at you and telling you to come outside, and you've had your life threatened several times, you take it pretty seriously. It's the reason I have a Rottweiler.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

When reason sleeps, the monsters of repression will emerge.

When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.

When the heart craved something so forcefully, then reason became nothing but helpless observer.

When there is hope in the future, there is power in the present, and since hope is the foundational quality of all change, there is considerable reason to be excited.

When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions.

When truth and reason cannot be heard, then must presumption rule.

When we anticipate, we're the happiest. Unless you're on antidepressants. The reason you take antidepressants is because you can't anticipate. You think everything's going to be horrible, so it usually is.

When war comes, reason is regarded as treason.

When the going gets tough that should be your inspirational reason to drive on.

When we affirm that philosophy begins with wonder , we are affirming in effect that sentiment is prior to reason .