Surely there’s no need to abandon one’s reason simply…

Reason is simply a vast tautology.

— J. M. Coetzee

The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on.

— Gregory Maguire

“Customs have no reason; they simply are.”

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

There is curiously little art concerning the efficacy of reason - perhaps simply because reason is not noticeably efficacious.

— Nicholas Mosley

Tell me, friend, when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for madness?

— Anonymous

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our trouble. . .…

— Bertrand Russell

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

— Bertrand Russell

When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.

— Ayn Rand

As soon as we abandon our reason and are content to rely on authority, there is no end to our troubles.

— Anonymous

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

— Boyle Roche

“He decides it is better to die in Ireland than in Paris because in Ireland the outdoors looks like the outdoors and gravestones are…

— Alison MacLeod

“I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.”

— Iris Murdoch

“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”

— James Joyce

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

“Ireland is probably named the “Emerald Isle” because there are lots of precious stones found there, such as sapphires and rubies.”

— Jarod Kintz