Rationale Quotes

54 quotes by 52 authors

• The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain static; they evolve… — Buzz Aldrin
• By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of… — Ezekiel Emanuel
• We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who… — Carl Sagan
• It seems to me that it had no other rationale than to show that we are not simply the country of entertainers, but also that… — Gustave Eiffel
• Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country [America], for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil liberties… — Howard Zinn
• Whatever the rationale, the suppression of unorthodox cancer therapies and the sustained persecution of their proponents by government and colleagues runs counter to freedom of… — Marilyn Ferguson
• The collapse of the administration's rationales for war, which became apparent months after our invasion, should never have come as such a surprise. In this… — Scott McClellan
• Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well,… — George Saunders
• I'm sure you have some cosmic rationale, but here you are with your faith and your Peter Pan advice. — Billy Joel
• It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration.… — Edward Kennedy
• I think comprehensive immigration reform while securing your border and dealing rationale with 11 million is the only way we're going to solve this problem. — Lindsey Graham
• The establishment uses that rationale all the time, and that's why we do what we do. But leadership requires some understanding that you can say… — Norman Lear
• The story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made it persistent and… — Elaine Pagels
• It is essential to release humanity from the false fixations of yesterday which seem now to bind it to a rationale of action leading only… — R. Buckminster Fuller
• Science was tearing through the 'fine-spun ecclesiastical cobwebs' to behold a new cosmos, in which our Earth is merely an 'eccentric speck' - a world… — Adrian Desmond
• My reason for arguing against abolishing these types of sports isn't some kind of lofty, philosophical rationale. It's just that I did it and I… — Jonathan Gottschall
• Honesty is not the same as truth. That is the obstacle of the notion of relative truths. I would like to put my trust in… — Criss Jami
• I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of… — Sebastian Junger
• Micropayments are great if you use them for a product or service with certain properties. It must be one where you can get away with… — Nathan Myhrvold
• Surely, the best and most effective measure is to get the economy moving and shorten the period of recession or slowdown. That's the rationale for… — Lucy Powell

Who Wrote These Rationale Quotes

52 authors contributed a total of 54 Rationale Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Rationale Quotes by Nathan Myhrvold
• 2 Rationale Quotes by Joseph Sobran
• 1 Rationale Quote by Josh Marshall
• 1 Rationale Quote by Slayer
• 1 Rationale Quote by Tony Evans
• 1 Rationale Quote by Dalai Lama
• 1 Rationale Quote by Barry Boehm
• 1 Rationale Quote by Buzz Aldrin
• 1 Rationale Quote by Carl Sagan
• 1 Rationale Quote by Ezekiel Emanuel
• 1 Rationale Quote by Scott McClellan
• 1 Rationale Quote by Gustave Eiffel
• 1 Rationale Quote by Howard Zinn
• 1 Rationale Quote by Marilyn Ferguson
• 1 Rationale Quote by George Saunders
• 1 Rationale Quote by Billy Joel
• 1 Rationale Quote by Edward Kennedy
• 1 Rationale Quote by Lindsey Graham
• 1 Rationale Quote by Norman Lear
• 1 Rationale Quote by Elaine Pagels
• 1 Rationale Quote by R. Buckminster Fuller
• 1 Rationale Quote by Adrian Desmond
• 1 Rationale Quote by Jonathan Gottschall
• 1 Rationale Quote by Ian Macfarlane
• 1 Rationale Quote by Criss Jami