The Reason Quotes

Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.

Law is mind without reason.

We must progress to the stage of doing all the right things for all the right reasons instead of doing all the right things for all the wrong reasons.

If a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually never says anything at all.

Democracy feeds on argument, on the discussion as to the right way forward. This is the reason why respecting the opinion of others belongs to democracy.

Distrust those who love you extremely upon a slight acquaintance, and without any visible reason.

If, for some reason, we make some big mistake and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going to enter a computer Dark Ages for about twenty years.

Transform reason into ordered intuition; let all thyself be light. This is thy goal.

Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.

We must reason in natural philosophy not from what we hope, or even expect, but from what we perceive.

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

Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.

At the end of the day, I don't know what makes any artist say what he says. Everyone has a reason for whatever it is they do.

We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.

Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.

The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.

A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.

Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it.

Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job.

But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason you were brought into Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you might know me better there.

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you.

You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.

The demand that defective people be prevented from propagating equally defective offspring is a demand of the clearest reason and if systematically executed represents the most humane act of mankind.

Radical transparency fosters goodness in so many ways for the same reasons that bad things are more likely to take place behind closed doors.

Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.

Adrenaline dulls reason; panic kills it.

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.

I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times.

If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in which all types of people join forces for the common good

Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.

He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards.

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

Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.

Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.

I'm not interested in what they have to say. I'm only interested in people that are interested in me for the right reasons.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice.

The cries of the wounded had much diminished now, and as we staggered down the road, the reason was only too apparent, for the water was right over the tops of the shell-holes.

The reason for designing new media is simple - to subtly and quietly change the world.

Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms.

If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.

War is...a trinity of violence, chance, and reason.

The only reason you are happy is because you choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.

In estimating the adversities of life, we would seldom have much reason to complain of the evils we suffer, did we understand the dangers we daily escape.

People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry.

Business must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit, then also the business must die, for it no longer has a reason for existence.