Reason Quotes

13387 Reason quotes by 6691 unique authors

What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. ... I wrote… — Rod Stewart
When over long periods of human history I scrutinized the activity of the Jewish people, suddenly there arose up in me the fearful question whether… — Adolf Hitler
The worst drugs are as bad as anybody's told you. It's just a dumb trip, which I can't condemn people if they get into it,… — John Lennon
When men exercise their reason coolly and freely, on a variety of distinct questions, they inevitably fall into different opinions, on some of them. When… — James Madison
Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic… — Jack White
Unlike in school, in life you don't have to come up with all the right answers. You can ask the people around you for help… — Ray Dalio
Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace. — John Milton
I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the best… — William Howard Taft
Be happy, and a reason will come along. — Robert Breault
If you're in it because you love it and you have to do it, that's the right reason. If you're in it because you want… — Kris Kristofferson
The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally… — Hannah Arendt
If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug - which is all the more… — Walter Inglis Anderson
May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason? — James Joseph Sylvester
But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so moved, and there… — Unknown Author
All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not Hitler a paper… — Mao Zedong
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. — Baron de Montesquieu
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical… — John C. Maxwell
Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's… — Jim James
There are persons who always find a hair in their plate of soup for the simple reason that, when they sit down before it, they… — Christian Friedrich Hebbel
One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and spend weekends with his family.… — Dean Ornish
Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's a reason a three-minute song… — Lou Reed
Writing a song isn't that hard. Writing a good song is difficult. Let's face it, we're faced with taking a complex feeling or event, making… — Ann Reed
In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too… — Dolly Parton
['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably close. Almost confessional. The reason I could write a song like that at that point, and probably… — James Taylor
Anything that happens after I write a song...that's fine with me. It's up to the listener to read into it what they need from it.… — Guy Clark

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