The Reason Quotes

I was approaching adolescence. For some reason, I guess my mother thought it would be less crazy out in the suburbs, which it wasn't. I just think adolescence is hard for anyone.

Nothing gets done (in Congress) unless it's bipartisan. And the reason that matters is that it's a function of reality.

I'm moderately optimistic. We Americans are an enormous country with more than 300 million people so there's reason for optimism.

I think classic films are classic for a reason. It's always sketchy to redo one, especially if you're trying to make it contemporary. That's really just not the way to go.

I do not need a reason to be angry with God.

I'm pretty brutal about getting rid of stuff. There wasn't anything where I was like, "Oh, I miss that," because usually it's for a good reason.

The reason that the book exists is because there was a gap in you. You wrote the book to fulfill that gap in some way.

Hatin' and I know they got a reason why. I ain't gotta wonder if I wanna lease or buy.

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.

I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.

The only reason why I tend to pass on a movie is either I don't think I'm right for the material and can't play it honestly, or because of time constraints with personal things in my life.

I don't know why it is, but I do like dancing in the extreme situations. I like that noise, I like that intensity. For some reason, it's what I respond to in terms of my taste and of my instincts.

In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.

Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.

The reason people are uncomfortable is because Donald Trump acts. He doesn't talk with a bunch of people about it before, he just acts.

A corporation is a state created institution, state supported institution, its concentration of private power, there is no reason why it should have the rights of persons.

The prescription for endless war poses a far greater danger to Americans than perceived enemies do, for reasons the terrorist organisations understand very well.

There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws.

Now financial liberalization is just a catastrophe waiting to happen, and there are very well understood reasons for that.

I agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons.

The reason I am a political radical is that I work on syntax. If I worked on semantics (which in fact I do), I'd be a good Thatcherite.

I mean the reason the sit-down strikes struck such fear in the hearts of management was that they knew that a sit-down strike was just one step short of taking over the factory.

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

I am not one of the people who believe that the main reason why a chap becomes a bookmaker is because he is too scared to steal and too heavy to become a jockey.

I love genealogical research. That's the reason I bought my first computer years ago to put my genealogy records on the computer. I've always enjoyed tracing family history.

I think things happen between people for a reason.

If the argument is that failure helps you succeed, well, so does success and it's quicker. This suggests at least one reason for trying to succeed.

It may be old hat, but I see no reason to close off what is for me a fruitful subject of inquiry, especially so for one, like me, who is very much interested in creating stories and novels of ideas.

Of all the things that human beings did together, the sexual act was the one with the most various of reasons.

The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not even against those who love us.

There's a very good reason that governments aren't supposed to compete with private-enterprise companies. Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

As a result of that, and as a result of friendship, I don't think we've ever been competitive. I mean, there's probably a very good reason Hunter [S. Thompson] isn't jealous of me.

The very existence of the bicycle is an offense to reason and wisdom.

The main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it.

In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing.

He loved her beyond all reason and didn't expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up.

We always use plywood rather than MDF for structural stuff for the same reasons [stability].

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.

[Magic] can guide people to the very edge of reason - and then push them off. Thoughts collapse for a moment and the mind is free to just experience. Magic is a window to eternity.

It's frustrating sometimes for actors because you slam it out and you have a great time, you think it's funny, and then for whatever reason the movie doesn't come together.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing.

For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.

For one reason or another, I became a passionate reader when I was very little. As soon as I could read, I wanted to read.

It's so hard to say what you really mean. For any number of reasons: to protect yourself, or if you just can't find the words.

If I'm in LA, I'm close to home, and that just brings up all these other things, good and bad. There is a reason why I am not there .

See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.

The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.

Copernicanism and other essential ingredients of modern science survived only because reason was frequently overruled in their past.