Had my credentials been in order I would never have become a writer. Had I been blessed with even limited access to… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
I think authors are just realizing there's no real reason to feel limited to a narrow set of genre rules in their… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
What we were trying to do was take the notion of Greek tragedy, of fated and doomed people, and instead of these… — David Simon Copy Share Image
If Mexican farm labor is so much cheaper, maybe we should be growing our fruits and vegetables in Mexico. There's absolutely no… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The fact that many people overindulge, and lose themselves in excess, and make fools of themselves and act like idiots, is no… — John S. Hall Copy Share Image
Few writers in history have ever been 'politically correct' (a notion that rapidly changes in any case), and there's no reason to… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
There is no reason for believing that any sort of gods exist, and quite good reasons for believing that they do not… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There is a brain mechanism that works to identify colour differences directly, without first identifying the absolute colour of each surface. So… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
We know today about nutrition and we know about exercise. There's no reason for anybody to be sick and tired, fat and… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
The images selected by memory are as arbitrary, as narrow, as elusive as those which the imagination had formed and reality has… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
You ever find yourself being lazy for no reason at all? Like, you pick up your mail, you go in your house,… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I think there is some resistance when people talk about ethical fashion, and a tendency to panic that if you're bringing a… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
I did some more soul searching. I asked myself, "What do I want more than happiness?" and there was only one answer… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
If it is to be established that there is a God, then we have to have good grounds for believing that this… — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
Civilization is perhaps approaching one of those long winters that overtake it from time to time. Romantic Christendom - picturesque, passionate, unhappy… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested in abstract… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is on fire,… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
Do you think the Roman soldiers thought he was the Son of God or just some goofball who got nailed to the… — Geoffrey Fieger Copy Share Image
I'm of the mind that life is a risk. Every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no… — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
The sooner one develops compassion in this journey, the better. Compassion lets us appreciate that each individual is doing what he or… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
We learn by watching. That's what concerns me a little about the society we're in now because so much of what we're… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman to… — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image
There's absolutely no reason why at the level of basic schooling that there should be any inequity whatsoever. And [that's] the first… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
There is no reason why the profoundest thoughts should not make easy and exciting reading. A profound thought is an exciting thing… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It just seems to me that this is something that the American people deserve to see. And I have no reason to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Rabbits are a foolish people. They do not fight except with their own kind, nor use their paws except for feet, and… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we… — James Caan Copy Share Image
You can't be afraid to speak the truth. If you're speaking truthfully - no matter if you're White, Black, Hispanic, Asian -… — Warren Ballentine Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the evidence ... is opposed to the view that the spirals are individual galaxies comparable with our… — Harlow Shapley Copy Share Image
I mean if it wasn't for Earl Scruggs, guys like me wouldn't be doing what we're doing. I mean, he's changed so… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I feel like it's my responsibility to be the greatest I can be. If I go out there and start making terrible… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
There's no reason not to employ, seek out and take a chance on a woman filmmaker that you might not have been… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
That dreadful alligator attack in Orlando would never have happened if Disney had put up real warning signs, like other Florida resorts… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no… — Tobey Maguire Copy Share Image
I'm sensitive about the criticism [for not producing new playwrights], yes. But I'm hip to it as well. I read 500 new… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image