Reason Quotes · Page 10

When there is hope in the future, there is power in the present, and since hope is the foundational quality of all…

— Zig Ziglar

To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the…

— Stephen Fry

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason.

— Ashley Montagu

The reason we have to regulate . . . church schools is that . . . children that are not trained in state-controlled schools will not fit in.

— Peter Hoagland

For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person.

— Vine Deloria Jr

“A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection,…

— Martha Stout

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

— Samuel Butler

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the…

— Lisa Gardner

I think art was the one thing my high school didn't give. And I think that was probably one reason why I…

— Roy Lichtenstein

I mopped the floor with my hairThe reason I’m so interested in taking my body to those extreme places is that that’s…

— Janine Antoni

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Perhaps there is supranatural: reason beyond the normal definitions of fact or data-based logic; something that only makes sense if you can…

— Anonymous

The most common reason new mothers return to work sooner than they'd like to is because they can't afford to go without…

— Alexa Von Tobel

Part of the reason why I love to operate is because I find that so much of what we do is instinctual.…

— Rachel Morrison

[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can…

— Ed Crane

I - it's simply not for me to evaluate an independent rating agency's processes. But I will say that there was reason…

— Jay Carney

I believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law. I see no reason why if the marriage contract conveys certain…

— Rand Paul

I think part of the reason I'm attracted to Foster is because he's such a mess. I mean, the people I have…

— Augusten Burroughs

We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

— Jim Butcher

There's a compelling reason why I belong in the Hall of Fame, but I understand the argument against me. My career didn't…

— Kurt Warner

What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I…

— Quentin S. Crisp

I'm a historian by training and by conviction. And so the thing that has throughout informed my thinking about international relations is…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Political correctness is a major defect of the western ethos. Some Western countries have even passed blasphemy laws that would put you…

— Ali Sina

Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason.…

— Donald Rumsfeld