“We are women. We talk. We all do. I love to talk. It's my reason for being. No. It's my raison d'etre.… — Suzy Valtsioti Copy Share Image
The less subsidy we have, the more the 'producers' take over, and the 'bottom line' becomes the raison d'etre. That's quite an… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
It's not going to be my political raison d'etre, I think it would be presumptuous to take a leadership role. But I… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
I want to get to a point where we can have guys like me in a film and I'm just there. Where… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
“Each alter personality had a common goal and raison d'etre, namely my survival. They didn't all realize that though, and so were… — Carolyn Bramhall Copy Share Image
“Eliza's constant harping didn't even get to Martha, although it sometimes seemed that Eliza's raison d'etre was to urinate on Martha's parade.” — Adele Parks Copy Share Image
Your business needs a raison d'être. Be prepared to work 24 hours a day, and be willing to take risks. And you… — Josie Natori Copy Share Image
Because ethics is fundamentally about questioning the ends, the goals and aims of our actions, we must come back to the rules… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“The personal checks and balances that most of us bring to bear when we are employed in other activities - we ask… — Raghuram G. Rajan Copy Share Image
Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
I want to drink life to the dregs, to enlarge myself to the absolute limits of my being - and to strive… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Edward Snowden is anything but narcissist. In fact, I wonder every day how he could come up with the courage, muster the… — Lawrence Wilkerson Copy Share Image
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Education in our family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre ... In this family of accomplished scholars, I was… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'être only as a preparation for an action and a meaning solely in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Of course the crank religions wouldn't like it, in view of the fact that their raison d'etre was based on misery, indefinitely… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Let us never stop being vigilant about the Oys which face us. But let us never turn them into our raison d'etre.… — Deborah Lipstadt Copy Share Image
This crusade to separate church and state is only one expression of my raison d'être. I'm an atheist, but I'm also an… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“Officially she was there to liaise with me on the case, but really she was there for the wide-screen TV, takeaways and… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
I come from a long line of very strong, tough women. We stick to our principles and stand up for what we… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
We are the raison d'être of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
