Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting.

There are reasons, and then there are excuses.

There are reasons to have rules and regulations. That I understand. Authority is a different thing. Authority is to maintain its own position by increasing its power and domination over those people it is supposedly protecting.

there are scores of thousands of women who are denominated prostitutes, and who are supported by hundreds of thousands of men who should, for like reasons, also be denominated prostitutes, since what will change a woman into a prostitute must also necessarily change a man into the same.

There are so many reasons to cook and bake. Yes, good food is certainly one of them, but so is the sense of satisfaction you get when you make something with your own hands, when you know that you can take care of yourself and feed yourself well and when you know that you can take care of and feed others.

There are some movies that I absolutely hate but someone else loves - people love things for different reasons.

There are still very few companies run by women these days. And, clearly, there are many reasons for that, including what many see as the role of both unconscious bias and outright sexism.

There are things in our lives that take up an enormous importance and that become very dominant effects in our biography. And that comes out of a variety of reasons, but fundamentally comes out of how that particular experience connects with your effective systems of response.

There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.

There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture unfolded, it emphatically suggested another direction... I always accept the risk and go for it. I'm convinced that at such times my painting is wiser than I am.

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

There are two conflicting philosophies that I love: "Everything happens for a reason," as well as "you can change everything that you have control over.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.

The reason academic disputes are so vicious is that so little is at stake.

The reason a person is a republican is because something is wrong with them. Again, that's science - that's neuroscience. You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a republican.

the reason for anger is always fear.

The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.

The reason conservatives cohere and radicals fight: everyone agrees about fears, no one about visions.

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe in what they are doing.

the reason for revolution is so the good things in life circulate.

the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they had to stand one more blasted day.

The reason he [Jimmy Carter] says he never lies is because he thinks the truth originates with him.

The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.

The reason I am thinking so far in advance is because school is terribly lonely. I think I've said that before, but it's getting harder every day.

The reason I became successful is because I touched. I touched my community.

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.

The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs.

The reason I feel like I act is because you get to live a million different lives in one. I don't have to go about my life.

The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.

The reason I love Luis Palau is because this is a guy who is completely all about evangelism and reaching people and the lost with the gospel.

The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.

The reason is, and by rights ought to be, slave to the emotions.

The reason I trained so hard in school was so that I could be versatile and play any character. With all these in my bag, I'm like a chameleon. I always tell other young actors to go to school, or at least watch movies to learn as much as you can.

The reason most kids don't like school is not that the work is too hard, but that it is utterly boring.

The reason most people don't go to church is because they've already been.

The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading.

The reasons I never set out to do a talk show is they're formulaic. People come out, tell jokes and read questions. But that's not what I do, and we built the show around my skill set.

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

The reason for living is to have great relationships, to have people you love and respect and who love and respect you.

The reason for our loving God is God.

The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows.

The reason that conservative talk radio works is because there is an audience for it.

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?

The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason , so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty.

The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.

The reason I am a Christian is not that it is nice, but that it is true.