The Reason Quotes
If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it wouldn't leave much for us to do. We need an intellectual challenge.
You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them down.
Tell him he's wrong. Tell him that even if he's right about waiting, he's right for the wrong reasons, and that makes him all the way wrong.
What I'm saying is that I'm trying to find rational reasons to explain irrational feelings, and that's neveer a good sign.
I think that war is diplomacy. There have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons and there are wars that have had to be fought. Indeed, there will continue to be.
I'm before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid, men are vain, Love's disgusting, love's insane, A humiliating business-oh how true.
I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs.
For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.
If I was switched from whatever I'm doing, and I was, for some reason, made the chief football writer in any newspaper, then I'd retire. I'd go back to being a barber.
Is the humanism intuitive or labored over?, the answer is: Yes. It begins intuitively, it becomes the reason for writing the thing, and then it's to be considered and fine-tuned and even calculated.
For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.
It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.
In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline. Dionysian; Apollonian. Passion;reason.
There's a technical reason why I think that frame rate is weird and it has to with your brain's ability to scan beyond a certain rate. The point is I find it looks weird.
The animal has no intellectual capacity to justify or to find reasons to exist. An animal just exists because it's the natural thing to do.
... what will not the heart endure ere it will voluntarily surrender the hoarded treasure of its love to the cold dictates of reason or the stern voice of duty!
It's not exactly annoying but definitely saddening to see people getting into blogging for completely the wrong reasons. Getting perks is not a given when blogging.
The reason I haven't been writing in this book for so long is partly that I haven't had one decent coherent thought to put down.
I think for some reason people are drawn to stories of all kinds, for some reason they land harder when they are "true." And yet in fiction, I think there is a lot of deeper truth, too.
He is my soul mate, my fresh air, the reason I look forward to getting up every morning.
These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.
I have to keep reminding myself that I was hired for a reason and one of those reasons is because of the stories I tell and the films I've made previously.
The reason I entered the election race was to promote reforms. For us who engage in business, we will be severely affected if financial and structural reforms don't proceed.
The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
Oh, Daja," moaned Jory, "you sound just like my parents." She ran from the schoolroom. "Well, there's no reason to insult me, "muttered Daja, half offended.
One of the reasons why I chose to live in New York was that there is this sense of your environment constantly changing.
I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.
I'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.
The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law.
Politicians make promises and they don't do what they said they would do: the reason why so many politicians in Washington are unhappy with me.
I love touring. But it's super nice to have a new reason to play shows that isn't based around that perennial cycle of album/tour/promotion.
The reason that people say one line at junkets is that they've heard the same question 37 times. You get bored out of your mind.
The reason that the World Trade Center got hit is because there are a lot of people living in abject poverty out there who don't have any hope for a better life.
Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.
Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.
