Raison Quotes

22 quotes by 17 authors

There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art. — Aristotle
Let us never stop being vigilant about the Oys which face us. But let us never turn them into our raison d'etre. Let us also… — Deborah Lipstadt
Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a… — Andre Kertesz
If we wish to imitate the physical sciences, we must not imitate them in their contemporary, most developed form; we must imitate them in their… — Wolfgang Kohler
Your business needs a raison d'Ãªtre. Be prepared to work 24 hours a day, and be willing to take risks. And you have to love… — Josie Natori
What was once a cottage industry dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices and works has become instead the raison d'etre for many… — Caridad Svich
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about… — Angela Davis
Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'Ãªtre to the imperfection of man and can attain their end, the elimination… — Ludwig von Mises
Securing, not prohibiting, the orderly transfer of wealth from A to B, based on wealth differentials, is the raison d'Ãªtre of the [New Deal programs].… — Richard Allen Epstein
Education in our family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre ... In this family of accomplished scholars, I was to become the… — Steven Chu
Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because we are in… — Frederick Lenz
Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'Ãªtre. Virtually all of our aunts and uncles had Ph.D.s in science or… — Steven Chu
TV's "real" agenda is to be "liked," because if you like what you're seeing, you'll stay tuned. TV is completely unabashed about this; it's its… — David Foster Wallace
Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre. — Steven Chu
Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion. — Pierre Trudeau
Psychic awareness leads to a true perception not only of events, but just of life itself. It is its own raison d'etre. — Frederick Lenz
l'imagination m'apportait des dÃ©lices infinies. En recouvrant ce que les hommes appellent la raison, faudra-t-il regretter de les avoir perdues...? My imagination gave me infinite… — Gerard De Nerval
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. French. Pascal. The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing. — Madeleine L'Engle
I expertly angled my raison bran to accomodate the g-forces. — John Green
Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'tre only as a preparation for an action and a meaning solely in relation to a… — Mankind

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