[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! God can… — William of Conches Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I, 'a medical man' decided to give up medicine was a firm conviction of the extraordinary influence… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Where thou perceivest knowledge, bend the ear of attention and respect; But yield not further to the teaching, than as thy mind… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The truth is that our freedoms are being subtly eroded in an era where emotion and sentiment are prized above reason and… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
What is there to understand? The significance of life? How long will it take to understand the significance and the meaning of… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Politics still remains a very hostile, unwelcoming place for diverse peoples. It's the reason that we have so few of them in… — Annamie Paul Copy Share Image
Why do we cling to life and why are we afraid of death? You may not have thought about it. The reason… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The sensible man,' Crow had said (to Sherlock Holmes), 'don't look to confirm what he already knows -- he looks to deny… — Andrew Lane Copy Share Image
I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
... We in the USA have been depending on prayers, pleading, and self-abasement to a deity to bring us magical advantages, and… — James Randi Copy Share Image
For reasons of sentiment, I would like part of my ashes to be mixed up with Mama's, and both her ashes and… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ive been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms -… — Kurt Angle Copy Share Image
The romance is essential. I love the love. I don't love just people struggling. I love what people are struggling for. That… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
Every theory I've seen that contains an explanation of war fails. I think they fail for the same reason that explanations of… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
My path to poetry was slow and meandering. When I eventually found my way to graduate school at 29, making a life… — Robin Beth Schaer Copy Share Image
But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
There are Millions of people in this world. Then why are you born? The reason is, Allah is expecting something from you,… — Shahid Afridi Copy Share Image
Every story has already been told. Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The only reason people die, is because EVERYONE does it. You all just go along with it. It's RUBBISH, death. It's STUPID.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Intelligence is important in psychology for two reasons. First, it is one of the most scientifically developed corners of the subject, giving… — Raymond Cattell Copy Share Image
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks they're happy should really see a doctor, because there is no reason to be happy. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
It's named the Lombardi Trophy for a reason, because we play and live in Titledown. We've got the best fans, and I… — Aaron Rodgers Copy Share Image
Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Unreason is in the same relation to reason as dazzlement to the brightness of daylight itself. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Nah, I don't really never second-guess myself, but just when 'Flex' was first released it was leaked. So with leaked songs, I… — Rich Homie Quan Copy Share Image
There's kind of no rhyme or reason to what is appealing to any given actor. It just is, or it isn't. It's… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
We are often in society told to make decisions in one of two ways. We're either told "Use your gut, just go… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I think that this stage in my life is really, for a lot of reasons, pretty incredible. Being a solo artist and… — Nick Jonas Copy Share Image