Reason Quotes · Page 169

Many, many people hereabouts are not becoming Christians for one reason only: there is nobody to make them Christians.

— Francis Xavier

Honey, what happened to "ladies first"? Husband replies, "That's the reason why the worlds a mess today, because a lady went first!"

— David Letterman

In fact, the number one reason for obesity in North America is simple: over consumption. And we over consume because we're hungry.

— Brendan Brazier

“Life and all that is in it is a gift from the infinite mind; And the only way that life can go…

— Anonymous

'Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole…

— Michael Patrick King

God always has a plan. Everything happens for a reason, good or bad. We just got to roll with the punches.

— Anonymous

Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.

— Anonymous

The only reason we go to temples is in the belief that God will solve all our sorrows in life.

— Raghava Lawrence

That's the rational premise behind my spending hours of billable time adjusting my Facebook preferences. The real reason, of course, for all…

— Jeffrey Zeldman

The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between…

— Harriet Quimby

For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it's wished on most of…

— John Brunner

I knew nothing about editing when I met Mr. Scorsese... Through a series of weird events, I ended up at New York…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much…

— Pedro Almodovar

I think my writing has an old-fashioned feel to it for whatever reason. I'm just so influenced by the music that I…

— Michael Giacchino

Barring some national security concern, I see no valid reason to keep peer-reviewed research from the public. To be clear, by 'peer…

— Wilbur Ross

I am not anarchist. I have nothing against government or law enforcement in general. It is solely for the reason that this…

— Eric Rudolph

Give yourself permission to do something extraordinary and amazing on planet earth. Acknowledge that you have and can do whatever it takes.…

— John Frederick Demartini

That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where…

— Learned Hand

I am not saying this to serve as a justification for the things [Pablo Escobar] did, but rather to demonstrate the context…

— Juan Pablo Escobar

Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that…

— Aristotle

His markings, month by month, became more beautiful, lines of autumn bracken colours with shapes which reminded me of currents on a…

— Derek Tangye

Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened…

— Stuart Rose

There are certain things in which one is unable to believe for the simple reason that he never ceases to feel them.…

— e. e. cummings

But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so…

— Nicole Oresme

“Keep your head above your heart.  God put it there for a reason.  And don’t be a whiney little asshole.”  She grinned.”

— S.J. Wright

I come here to be coach of Manchester City and train these players. That's the reason I am here.

— Pep Guardiola

But God has a few of us to whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome; 'tis we…

— Robert Browning

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have,

— Josh McDowell

There were many reasons we broke up. There was a religious difference: I'm a Catholic, and she's the devil.

— Adam Ferrara

Everyone has to have either this or that problems,if he cant find any problem ,he loses all reason for living..

— Nix

Stencils are good for two reasons; one - they're quick; two - they annoy idiots.

— Banksy

“Logic, reason, and common sense are your best tools for synthesizing reality and understanding what to do about it.”

— Ray Dalio

“The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?”

— Anonymous

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

— William Shakespeare

For whatever reason, in this country we have a very interesting relationship with poverty, where we think people in poverty are bad…

— Michael Tubbs

If we raise taxes on corporations, what incentive will they have to make money other than the fact that it's the sole…

— Stephen Colbert

Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.

— Charles Caleb Colton

I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.

— Zack Greinke

I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.

— Scott Glenn

Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense

— Miroslav Volf