Reason Quotes · Page 81

We all like to think the world ends when we do. The truth is our acquaintances, our friends, and our loved ones…

— Tonya Hurley

There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.

— Penn Jillette

More and more of the Taiwanese economy is connected with the mainland. There are more and more exchanges taking place. There's no…

— Henry A. Kissinger

“Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.”

— Peter Kreeft

Most gun dealers follow the law and run honest businesses. But the statistics show that 1 percent of dealers sell more than…

— Michael Bloomberg

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

— Thomas Aquinas

Of course, no state accepts [that it should call] the people it is imprisoning or detaining for political reasons, political prisoners. They…

— Julian Assange

What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt…

— Dennis Miller

I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary…

— Thomas Jefferson

One of the reasons the English got through all their falls and the loss of their empire, all their disasters, their strikes,…

— Norman Mailer

The real reason to abolish departments like Energy and Education is not to promote efficiency, nor even to save taxpayers’ money. It…

— David Boaz

Here's a fact: I absolutely understand the humiliation of being stopped for no reason other than driving while black.

— Darryl Glenn

There is always a reason why, and I need to tell the stories.

— Alber Elbaz

I'm not ashamed in the least bit of being gay or being a lesbian. I just prefer to call myself gay for…

— Syd

The thing about 'Star Trek' is that it is not judgmental. You can do what ever you want, within reason.

— Marina Sirtis

I record at the same place [Toe Rag or FatSounds Studios in London], with the same people [Liam Watson at Toe Rag…

— Holly Golightly

If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.

— Teresa of Avila

There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.

— George Lucas

Reason also is choice.

— John Milton

For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore…

— Karen Armstrong

If there is a soul, what is it, and where did it come from, and where does it go? Can anyone who…

— Clarence Darrow

Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life…

— D.T. Suzuki

for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and…

— Plato

It is to the body alone that we should attribute everything that can be observed in us to oppose our reason.

— Rene Descartes