Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

What are they after?” Kat asked. “Hard to say,” Hale said; again, he eyed the room. “Who is that?” Macey asked. “The reason I wasn’t flirting with you,” Hale told her.

What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public is a reason for us to cease to trust him and for him to resign.

What do you do with all this bank, Josie? Be a lot easier if you just lifted your skirt.” “The only reason I’d lift my skirt is to pull out my pistol and plug you in the head.

What do you know about being sad?' 'I know you don't need a reason.

Whatever is proposed, it is much easier to find reasons for rejecting than embracing.

Whatever the reasons, 2008 it felt as though the combination of distribution models starting to tighten and the publishing and film and music industries having to revolutionize themselves to catch up, and understand how this is going to work in the new millennium has made it a lot easier to pursue multi-platform careers. It's much easier to hire one person who can do three or four different things than one specialist in that field.

Whatever the reason, lying is a bad thing.

Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you.

What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady and for this reason I did, in 1826, 1827, and 1828, take the course which I would now recommend to the House.

What has reason to do with the art of painting?

What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

What is reason? Knowledge informed by sympathy, intelligence in the arms of love.

What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.

What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? That what has never been, should be, or that what has been, should be again? Is it more difficult to come into being than to return to it.

What remains unchanged is the principle, which is that we do not launch wars without overwelming reasons, and overwhelming alliances, and without overwhelming force.

What reason has one for existing other than to be involved with what is actually being created in your particular time?

What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance.

What's funny about my voice is, no matter what I sing, I sound like I'm really sad. I don't even mean to do it, it's just something my voice has. I think that's one of the reasons why Okkervil has been dubbed as really mopey - I have this tone to my voice that sounds like that.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

What's it like going back? Fun and sexy. That's the point. It's - the only reason to go back to an old boyfriend is because you think hmm, maybe.

What's really clear to all of us in the business community is that GDP is slowing everywhere. And the reason is productivity has been declining now for 15 or 20 years all over the world. So we've got very high unemployment, and it's structural. And it's compounded by real-time climate change - that's really a game changer.

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.

What defenders of the system typically fail to acknowledge is that the reason violent offenders comprise a fairly large percentage of the state prison population is because they typically receive longer sentences than non-violent offenders.

Whatever fells your mind is what you are. So, feel loving and peaceful for no reason at all.

What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?

What if the very reason we have breath is because we have been saved for a global mission? And what if anything less than passionate involvement in global mission is actually selling God short by frustrating the very purpose for which he created us?

What is a valid reason for someone to love someone else? Since apparently I’m doing it wrong.

What is reason given me for, if I am not to use it to avoid bringing unhappy beings into the world!

What is the greatest thing ye can experience? It is the hour of great contempt. The hour in which even your happiness becometh loathsome unto you, and so also your reason and virtue.

What makes an interview 'difficult'? Well, there are many reasons, but the end result is usually the same: The guest just doesn't seem comfortable answering the question.

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

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 emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

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 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.