“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être .]” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
A school is not a factory. Its raison d'être is to provide opportunity for experience. — J. L. Carr Copy Share Image
“The intellectual is an individual endowed with a faculty for representing, embodying, articulating a message, a view, an attitude, philosophy or opinion… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
It is necessary to be focused. This is the raison d'etre of career. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think in a way the great irony or paradox about America is that it makes it so hard for the sensitive… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
I come from a long line of very strong, tough women. We stick to our principles and stand up for what we… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
Netanyahu's raison d'etre is to save Israel from Iran. That is it. That is his mission in the most profound sense. I… — Naftali Bennett Copy Share Image
“For it is clear immediately: human life as such is a defeat. All we can do in the face of that ineluctable… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Psychic awareness leads to a true perception not only of events, but just of life itself. It is its own raison d'etre. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Officially she was there to liaise with me on the case, but really she was there for the wide-screen TV, takeaways and… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Let us never stop being vigilant about the Oys which face us. But let us never turn them into our raison d'etre.… — Deborah Lipstadt Copy Share Image
Education in our family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre ... In this family of accomplished scholars, I was… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
We are the raison d'être of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Securing, not prohibiting, the orderly transfer of wealth from A to B, based on wealth differentials, is the raison d'être of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Verticality is ensured by the polarity of cellar and attic, the marks of which are so deep that, in a way, they… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“The tragic irony of modern anti-fascism is that the more successful it is, the more its raison d'etre is called into question.… — Mark Bray Copy Share Image
“The raison d'être for teaching and learning music is to create a lifelong love for it and an ability to engage with… — Paul Harris Copy Share Image
“America stands before the world as an impetuous void, a fatality without substance. Nothing prepared her for hegemony; yet she tends toward… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
I often feel my raison d'etre is to hold people to account. To bring authenticity and objectivity to the world of sport. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
“Each alter personality had a common goal and raison d'etre, namely my survival. They didn't all realize that though, and so were… — Carolyn Bramhall Copy Share Image
Your business needs a raison d'être. Be prepared to work 24 hours a day, and be willing to take risks. And you… — Josie Natori Copy Share Image
