Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that part of the reason I even got into commentary was because I had a real sit-down with my agent… — Christopher Eubanks Copy Share Image
If I can have a career based on playing roles that are a challenge and tell an important story, and for no… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive.… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Buttermilk's palate-cleansing tartness is one reason it's used a lot in southern India, where meals often end with a small bowl of… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Critics who perceive the first level of Mann's irony recognize that the second voice is giving us reasons to be dubious about… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
For over 1,700 years, the Jews have been bewailing their sad fate in that they have been exiled from their homeland, as… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
What keeps my flame burning is, first, I'm ornery and persistent. I don't like giving up on things and I believe in… — Eddie Pepitone Copy Share Image
The real deep text of music and the whole reason that it has continued with the profundity and urgency that it has… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
For me the breakthrough was the realization that I wasn't the center of the universe or even the centre of my own… — Shaun Micallef Copy Share Image
I’ve had that kind of experience myself: I’m looking at a map and I see someplace that makes me think, ‘I absolutely… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Instead of creating aesthetically pleasing prose, you have to dig into a product or service, uncover the reasons why consumers would want… — Robert W. Bly Copy Share Image
Be brief on the logic and reason portion of your presentation. There are probably about a thousand facts about an automobile, but… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Conservatives need to figure out a way to motivate by reason and persuade through emotion. Meaning that when they talk about our… — Andrea Tantaros Copy Share Image
If people are going to run you over for no reason and think they're going to get away with it, you just… — Kasey Kahne Copy Share Image
and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
I think that marijuana should be legalized. I think the only reason it isn't legal is because politicians who smoked it when… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The best reason to pray is that God is really there. In praying our unbelief starts to melt. God moves smack into… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“You don't make waves unless there's a reason, and it better be good. Because once you do, that's it. You're a trouble… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been… — George Tenet Copy Share Image
'Secretariat' was such a magnificent animal, unbelievably beautiful and powerful. It's always nice to see something that close to perfection, a reason… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Baseball calls it a curve ball for a reason: you just don't know where some pitches will land. Your ace could get… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
In the past, I've been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
Experience alone cannot deliver to us necessary truths; truths completely demonstrated by reason. Its conclusions are particular, not universal. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should… — Lara St. John Copy Share Image
One reason why I started fighting was because of my family, and with that, you gotta pay the bills, but I enjoy… — Houston Alexander Copy Share Image
Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He despised causeless affection, just as he despised unearned wealth. They professed to love him for some unknown reason and they ignored… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It's called 'falling in love' for a reason: it does not have to be forced and cannot be planned. It just happens… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For some reason, I wrote about the bed we slept in when I was a kid. It was a half-acre of misery,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I'm a lurker on Twitter is that every time I tweet an idea, I feel like I'm… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
That something that really concerns me because I have good reason to believe and be hopeful, rather, this was the best posture… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I'm not a good rapper. For whatever reason, my brain does not work that way. I just do the beginning, like, 'Yeah,… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
Consumerism is the reason Christmas has morphed into a hollow shopping ritual that leaves too many families with debt hangovers and an… — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with… — Plato Copy Share Image