Reason Quotes · Page 158

... on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.

— Robert Gordis

For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself…

— Bill Watterson

I have a feeling that we have been placed on this earth for a special reason and although I have not fulfilled…

— Billy Barty

For some reason, I don't spend enough time getting to see my family because I'm always touring or working or whatnot.

— Wayne Static

It might appear that nothing is happening, but that's actually when it really happens.

— Keith Richards

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

— Leland Stanford

The types of thoughts that you think create a state of mind. The reason you think the thoughts you do results from…

— Frederick Lenz

Guilt is not a reason why you should let go of the person who truly loves you so much.

— Anonymous

That's one reason I really love 'Supergirl.' It's a great show for people to watch with their children - sons and daughters…

— Eve Torres

'Good Morning America' exploited Joan Lunden's pregnancy, but you won't see me bringing my babies on the air. The only reason I'm…

— Jane Pauley

It is the habit of faith, when she is praying, to use pleas. Mere prayer sayers, who do not pray at all,…

— Charles Spurgeon

The reason the Football League is broken is because there has been a complete lack of direction or response since the Premier…

— Simon Jordan

I've thought about getting married several times. But Instead of thinking about it twice, I've thought about It 10 times and end…

— Vera-Ellen

We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation…

— Daniel Dennett

Let us not forget that the reasons for human actions are usually incalculably more complex and diverse than we tend to explain…

— Anonymous

This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred…

— Mike Shinoda

[The Theosophical Society] are ideologues in terms of the way they present the material. That's one of the reasons why, when they…

— Paul Laffoley

“Only by the aid of language does reason bring about its most important achievements, namely the harmonious and consistent action of several…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“And in these four things, opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion towards what men fear, and taking of things casual…

— Anonymous

Mysticism is a rational enterprise. Religion is not. The mystic has recognized something about the nature of consciousness prior to thought, and…

— Sam Harris

Spiritual science attempts to speak about non-sensory things in the same way that the natural sciences speak about sense-perceptible things...No one can…

— Rudolf Steiner

“Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining the arguments of those who reject…

— Matthew Scully

Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never…

— David Hyde Pierce

It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.

— William Penn

Part of the reason some Japanese companies have underperformed financially was corporate governance and board structures.

— Jamie Dimon

There are three reasons to be in business. To make money, to have fun – and to make money.

— Theo Paphitis

Close encounters are bad. Bad for the animal, as it causes stress, and bad for me for exactly the same reason.

— Nigel Dennis

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a process, not an event.

— Seth Godin

Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

— Terry Goodkind

People do peculiar things in life and they do for whatever reason but I think one of the greatest crimes in life…

— Marco Pierre White

Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.

— John Selden

I try to listen to stuff that makes me happy for other reasons, rather than being musically inspiring.

— Anna Meredith

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.

— Annie Leibovitz

When magic through nerves and reason passes, Imagination, force, and passion will thunder. The portrait of the world is changed.

— Dejan Stojanovic

I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

— James M. Cain

I know it's very egocentric to believe that someone is put on Earth for a reason. In my case, I like to…

— Art Buchwald

Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice…

— John Tillotson

For some reason I'm more appreciated in France than I am back home. The subtitles must be incredibly good.

— Woody Allen