Reason Quotes · Page 260

Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

— Ayn Rand

“We have all been brought into the world for some reason, and we must wonder why and hope to learn.”

— Dean Koontz

If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it…

— Will Cuppy

The reason why I chose tennis was, in tennis you can make mistakes. You can lose points but you can still win…

— Jannik Sinner

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

— Dalai Lama

There's a reason for Art Garfunkel's oddly shaped hair. It hides a very big brain.

— Shawn Amos

In many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report [terrorists attacks].They have their reasons, and you understand that.

— Donald Trump

Cage of freedom, that's our prison; we're the jailer and captive combined Cage of freedom, cast in power; all the trappings of…

— Jon Anderson

There's no reason why I can't be a mogul. When I step into a room and I'm there to have a conversation,…

— Kevin Hart

I'll always write about what's going on in my life and the reason for that is it's not actually because I'm so…

— Augusten Burroughs

People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really…

— Serj Tankian

The reason that it's so easy to go out there and be me - warts and all, critics and everything - is…

— Wendy Williams

I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to…

— Christopher Darden

The chief characteristics of the [liberal] attitude are human sympathy, a receptivity to change, and a scientific willingness to follow reason rather…

— Chester Bowles

For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was…

— Malala Yousafzai

I think as a performer, it can be really great to stand on stage, especially when you have more time, but I…

— Demetri Martin

Do you think that was kind? Do you think it was godlike? What would you think of a physician, if a woman…

— Helen H. Gardener

Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these…

— James E. Faust

I'm not an academic philosopher, and don't agree with the way the universities approach the subject. I'm a philosopher only in the…

— Alain de Botton

Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school.…

— Robert Davi

Was it Aristotle who said the human soul is composed of reason, will, and desire?” “No, that was Plato. Aristotle and Plato…

— Haruki Murakami

Astrology ... makes vague predictions that can always be adapted after the fact to fit observations, as we'll see. Astrologers don't seek…

— Phil Plait

The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no…

— James Whistler

The only reason I am glad I am a woman is because I will not have to marry one.

— Ida Tarbell

Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.

— Jennifer Egan

We may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such violence, such evil is senseless. It's beyond reason.

— Barack Obama

The reason I get so excited about 'Master of None' is because it's showing people of color as regular people.

— Lena Waithe

I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from.

— Greta Gerwig

“There is no perfect time to do anything. No matter what point in your life you've reached, we can always find a…

— Andrew Pacholyk

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I…

— Stephen Sondheim

The only reason I think I would marry a foreigner would be to have kids with weird accents.

— Chelsea Handler

“First, we must learn from him the reason why we live and why we do the things we do.”

— Dallas Willard

“There's a reason why golfers walk forward to their next shot. It's to move on.”

— J.R. Rim

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

— Michel de Montaigne

I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're…

— Ron Ben-Israel

I don't really want to talk about relationships because it lets people into stuff. I'm not on Facebook for that reason.

— Jodie Whittaker

Reason cannot show itself more reasonable than to cease reasoning on things above reason.

— Philip Sidney

The reason I went ahead with making the music for 'Bombay Velvet' was because I loved the script.

— Amit Trivedi

“The reasonableness of creation derives from God's Reason, and there is no other really convincing explanation.”

— Pope Benedict XVI