Everything that is popular, it has been said, deserves the attention of philosophers: and this is for the obvious reason, that although… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Ginny, listen . . . I can’t be involved with you anymore. We’ve got to stop seeing each other. We can’t be… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
In the case of [Antonio] Gramsci, the Fascist government agreed that he was a "model intellectual" in [Edward] Said's sense, and for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
And now, if we try to assign a value, in and of itself, outside its relations to the dream and with error,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
There is no reason whatever to believe that the order of nature has any greater bias in favour of man than it… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
The reason I don't want anyone to control me is not because I want to be in control. I don't want anyone… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I admire actors that consistently challenge themselves and play a wide range of different roles. Every actor has a reason for being… — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
America is basically a hypocritical society and recognizes that hypocrisy is found throughout. The public doesn't look for politicians to tell the… — Ernie Chambers Copy Share Image
From the start, I've always admired Eminem's thinking. That's the reason I wanted to appear on the Grammys with him when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
We do not look for reason for logic in the passionate entreaties of those who are sick unto death; we are stung… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
As an artist I write about the world I want to live in. And as a musician and someone who is in… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
One of the significant reasons why women who are trafficked and forced to work as prostitutes often don't want to come forward… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
You will find men like him in all of the world's religions. They know that we represent reason and science, and, however… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I trust that when people meet, we meet for a transcendent reason, and that the challenges we face in life are always… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It is not easy to fall into any absurdity, unless it be by the length of an account; wherein he may perhaps… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Examining the actual contents of my crying, I found a quailing sludge emotion, with a foul insecticide taste. If it was a… — Sandra Newman Copy Share Image
It's important to know that there's a reason why I won the federal case. It's important to know there's a reason why… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
When I joined Bollywood, I too wanted decent and challenging roles but there were no offers. Directors and producers look at me… — Payal Rohatgi Copy Share Image
My goal growing up was to write a book. That's why I studied English and creative writing in college, and that is… — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
The primary reason people watch television is you want to see the world through somebody else's eyes, and learn what that's like.… — Frank Spotnitz Copy Share Image
My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
Before transition, a lot of trans people pretend to be cis anyway, and in fact, after transition, a lot of trans people… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
"Tiger is a natural kind" and "Tiger is a historical particular" are incompatible with each other, and evolutionary biology provides a reason… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
I've seen my parents' long and successful marriage. I have never seen them argue or fight with each other, and the reason… — Raveena Tandon Copy Share Image
The first time formal customer research is done, executives frequently are surprised by the sizeable percentage of customers who defect for service-related… — Leonard L. Berry Copy Share Image
If a man wants to be romantically involved with you, he tries to kiss you. That's the entire story, and if he… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I've always been able to do what I wanted. On the other hand, my mother was. She considered the fact of being… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Obviously it's very hard to leave a club that you've supported all your life. But the reason that I've come to Birmingham… — David Dunn Copy Share Image
I had imagined I would come back at some point. But yeah, that was for a very specific reason. I will be… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse; and with… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Being on a successful show is kind of like being a sea turtle. Every year, sea turtles lay hundreds and hundreds of… — Keiko Agena Copy Share Image
the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult,… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
..This is why the ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image