The Reason Quotes

An anguish of longing would boil up inside me; a hysterical thirst for contradictions and contrasts would appear, and I would embark on dissipations.

You're working yourself till late at night, and sleeping crazy with deadlines - you're doing it for a reason.

Women are part of the reason for washing and keeping clean, aren't they?

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey-double and treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day.

Guard you thoughts as you would your wallet. Habit is stronger than reason.

The world is looking to us for leadership. We have provided it in the past; the main reason why anti-American feelings are so strong in the world today is that we are not providing it in the present.

Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.

...those who think that faith is superior to reason, and try to reason me into thinking that way; why don't they faith me into it?

A great song is the reason you want to jump out of your bed in the morning.

There is no reason whatever to believe that the order of nature has any greater bias in favour of man than it had in favour of the ichthyosaur or the pterodactyl.

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.

Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.

And make sure that capital structure we have in place is the right capital structure. I think that's the reason that we've been successful.

The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses.

I think that women don't bother disguising their desire and pleasure in dressing up, and that men, for whatever reason, tend to be a little more embarrassed.

With reason did the Most Holy Virgin predict that all generations would call her blessed, for all the Elect obtain eternal salvation through the means of Mary.

The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.

Man relates to material things through direct insight rather than reason.

Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.

People always clap for the wrong reasons.

My reasons are the same as for any mathematical conjecture: (1) It is a legitimate mathematical possibility, and (2) I do not know.

[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.

The reason of the close concurrence between the individuals progress and that of the race appears, therefore, when we remember the dependence of each upon the other.

There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when you've got a good fit going.

The people of Chicago are a proud people - and for good reason.

Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave.

I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.

For some reason when it comes to democracy, we seem to think that political knowledge doesn't make any kind of difference or we shouldn't say that it does, like it would hurt people's feelings.

Blogging is great, and I read blogs all day long. However, my goal is really to have a deep, meaningful discussion with people. For some reason, I'm able to accomplish this best via email.

For some reason, I was born without a sense of embarrassment or shame.

Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.

Life is simplified when there is one center; one reason, one motivation, one direction and purpose.

Wherever God is adored, he is adored in virtue of a supernatural doctrine; wherever he is despised, he is despised in the name of nature and reason.

With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.

We also have no incentive compensation of any kind. And the reason we don’t is because it is detrimental to teamwork.

The reason you have to say "Trust me" is that you haven't earned it and are forced to ask for it - BAD MOVE.

Pretty much the worst reason to bomb someone is to prove that you're willing to bomb someone.

The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out.

I have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a ministry in urban areas and help with underprivileged kids.

When bad things turn good, the reason can usually be found in the human heart—sometimes in the hearts of great masses of people, sometimes in the heart of a solitary soul.

Content is often the reason users come to your site.

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them.

I absolutely made the decision that that cannot be the reason why I'm doing a film or a job. For me, it's always about the script and whether I'm doing something that I've never done before.

People don’t just disappear. There’s always a reason, or an enemy with a grudge. There’s always a loose thread that starts to unravel.

Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think of it, may be a pretty good reason not to misunderstimate her.

We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.

Very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons.

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.