There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our judgment and… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
People thought we were making it up the whole 'We met at school thing.' That was half the reason people called us… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
If somebody has done it before, that is enough reason to knock an idea off the table — Steve Henry Copy Share Image
I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if… — Samantha Bond Copy Share Image
I know this isn’t a conventional love story. I know there are all sorts of reasons I shouldn’t even be saying what… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
I love my hometown, but I left it for a reason. Family for many people is complicated, and I was in a… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
“God was a maze without a map, a circle without a centre; the pieces of a jigsaw that never seemed to fit… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
I will tell you that we're all human beings, and we all care about what people think of us. But in general,… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
I want to give my fans who believe in me - even in times where I feel like I gave them no… — Liv Morgan Copy Share Image
I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Dr. Adler had instructed me to always say whatever I was thinking, but this was difficult for me, for the act of… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, thus far it's been important to me not to write that kind of collection. Which means that I've spent… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting… — Rivka Galchen Copy Share Image
The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same state, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm confident enough to say I was better than my mates! But with the different competitions I did play with some good… — Peter Crouch Copy Share Image
Music has as many roles as people make it. I traveled to Burma once years ago to witness the people's struggle for… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“Such is the strange situation in which modern philosophy finds itself. No former age was ever in such a favourable position with… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image