The Reason Quotes

Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.

For the existentials, negation is their God. To be precise, that god is maintained only through the negation of human reason. But, like suicides, gods change with men.

Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition, and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.

So often we look at a calendar of days as merely a symbol of the passage of time. We forget why we are on this earth. We forget that there is a reason for all the pain and the struggle.

I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.

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 fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division.

You can say something stupid with an incredible heartfelt sentiment and for some reason, it might be insanely powerful.

What I cannot know by reason, I can know by simply believing.

We didn't say good bye. But we knew it would be the end if we were apart. There was no reason to call or write letters. As it would have been meaningless, if we couldn't hold each other tight.

The reason that so many times we don't win the battle is that we never show up for the war!

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

I know that I am a part of something so tremendous, so great, that, if for this reason only, it is holy.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."

But if your boyfriend, out of nowhere and with no advance warning whatsoever, dumps you for no apparent reason, is it really about you? Or is it all him?

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.

There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses. Admirable gardens of absurd beliefs, forebodings, obsessions and frenzies. Unknown, ever-changing gods take shape there.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.

When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.

A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.

I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.

Generally there are always a few things that get left off for some reason or other, although the criteria for inclusion vary from project to project.

In the long run, nothing can withstand reason and experience, and the contradiction religion offers to both is palpable.

For some odd reason, I like a man in sweatsuits. Obviously, you want your man to look good in a suit, but I like when men look comfortable, and the swagger just stands out of that.

The best reason for putting anything down on paper is that one may then change it.

Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.

This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.

A man who for an entire week does nothing but hit himself over the head has little reason to be proud.

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.

Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.

Intuitions are like migratory birds, they come without a map without a reason.

Theology is ignorance with wings.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

The media, the corporations, the politicians…have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it’s come to the point where they don’t need to give any reason at all.

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.

There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase

Eyesight should learn from reason.

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small