Reason Quotes

13387 Reason quotes by 6691 unique authors

If all the animals and man had been evolved in this ascendant manner, then there had been no first parents, no Eden, and no Fall.… — H.G. Wells
To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes. — Sarah Brady
I suspect the reason is that most people [...] have a residue of feeling that Darwinian evolution isn't quite big enough to explain everything about… — Richard Dawkins
It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our… — John F. Kennedy
But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has a rather crude… — Jacob Bronowski
When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do… — Richard Hamming
The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up,… — Charles Darwin
Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you… — Tim Ferriss
I don't think I would use a gun, but who knows what a person would do in certain circumstances? My instincts are that I don't… — David Icke
Getting hold of illegal weapons is so easy that gun laws would not stop anyone who really wanted to kill. The gun used by Martin… — David Icke
This is a very fundamental reason why man cannot become meditative - or why very few men have dared to become meditative. Our training is… — Rajneesh
The individual man, in introspecting the fact of his own consciousness, also discovers the primordial natural fact of his freedom: his freedom to choose, his… — Murray Rothbard
Look how the smaller birds greet the sun, with so much merry chirruping and so much outpouring of song! It is their way of expressing… — Paul Brunton
There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a… — David Steindl-Rast
The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a belief is no longer even… — William H. Gass
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as… — James Madison
It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one among a multitude of proofs, how apt… — Alexander Hamilton
Would there not be the greatest reason to apprehend, that error in the first sentence would be the parent of error in the second sentence?… — Alexander Hamilton
A really spiritual person will live life as an art, will create a deep harmony between the body and the consciousness. And this is the… — Rajneesh
Man has been condemning women. Perhaps there is a reason; perhaps he was aware of some superiority in woman - the superiority of love. No… — Rajneesh
Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity. — Mignon McLaughlin
Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason....When I read the Qur'an further, it… — Cat Stevens
'I believe in one God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity… — Edward Gibbon
Scottish golf is a more public game. It is more reasonably priced and they play faster. It isn't cart golf. The only reason resorts force… — Daniel J. King

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