Writing isn't a job so much as a compulsion. I've been writing since I was very young because for some strange reason,… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
It is a mystery that is hidden from me by reason that the emergency requiring the fathoming of it hath not in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If I can give myself all the reason for being with you, I can't see why you can't give me reason for… — Lady Saw Copy Share Image
Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
As soon as it is held that any belief, no matter what, is important for some other reason than that it is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
He set the suitcases in the back then tossed her the keys. "You drive." She repressed a smile as she climbed behind… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close!… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Rick Rude is the reason I even got abs in the first place. I was just a fan of the way he… — John Morrison Copy Share Image
The sky was different, without color, taut and unforgiving. But the water was the most unforgiving thing, nearly black at times, cold… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable… — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
But why should you be interested in me?" Good question. I can’t explain it myself right this moment. But maybe – just… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Paleontologists ever since Darwin have been searching (largely in vain) for the sequences of insensibly graded series of fossils that would stand… — Niles Eldredge Copy Share Image
Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
If there ever was a time for a cool, rational and unemotional series of responses on the part of people in Europe,… — Anthony Glees Copy Share Image
The threat has changed from simply worrying about foreigners coming here, to worrying about people in the United States, American citizens -… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
All those formal systems, in mathematics and physics and the philosophy of science, which claim to give foundations for certain truth are… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
For me there is no reason why to go up in weight class, because when you go up in weight class you… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
America is still a frontier country of wide open spaces. Our closeness to nature is one reason why our problem is not… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
George Washington said, "All I am, I owe to my mother." That's so true. My mom pushed me to get in politics.… — Andrea Tantaros Copy Share Image
The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The big reason why folks leave a small town,' Rant used to say, 'is so they can moon over the idea of… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Whatever the reason, first place was always Solo, always, always, always, and second place was usually Chewbacca, because if you weren't the… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
There's a reason why I do anxious characters - it comes from a lot of personal anxiety. The great thing is, having… — Tony Hale Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
When we see the human race, we must see before all else environment and food. Historians write about social change without taking… — Michio Kushi Copy Share Image
For some reason or other there was in me the desire to see the world clean and fresh and alive, as primitive… — Aaron Siskind Copy Share Image
The reason that gets me is, and the greatest part of my job and what I do, is the humanity of it… — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
I do not believe indeed, I deem it a comic blunder to believe that the exercise of reason is sufficient to explain… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
The number one reason for the death of young actors' careers is people get so used to seeing them playing that one… — Denzel Whitaker Copy Share Image
I mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't seem able to love us unless… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am driven by a greater force than I can resist. I believe that force has its own reason and its own… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
I may have had good reasons. I may have had the best of intentions. But intentions aren’t enough, no matter how good… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Most trainers here, they ride whoever's hot. If they get cold, boom, they get rid of him. But for some reason, I… — Bob Baffert Copy Share Image
To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
All my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The perfect dressing is essential to the perfect salad, and I see no reason whatsoever for using a bottled dressing, which may… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
