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Because Quotes by Julian Baggini
- Economics is uncertain because its fundamental subject matter is not money but human action. That's why economics is not the dismal science, it's no science…
- I don't believe in God because certain reasons and arguments weigh more heavily in my mind than others, not because I have willfully decided to…
- The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel, had the power they did…
- True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not…
- If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable.
- The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first…
- Heathens are unredeemed outcasts from heaven who roam the planet without hope of surviving the deaths of their bodies. They may have values, but they…
- Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are changed by observation,…
- The reason Buddhism can be so naturalised is because, stripped of its supernatural elements, its core teachings can be giving a sound, secular philosophical interpretation.…
More Because Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle