Bette Howland quotes

Bette Howland quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Reason is a passion; an instinct, a drive.”
-- Bette Howland

Source : Bette Howland (1978). “Blue in Chicago”, Harpercollins

#Passion Quotes #Intuition Quotes #Reason Quotes

“The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passionâ€“â€“ cools your fears with peace.”
“Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.”
“One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me. It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God's holy ordinances shall be established again in the home, in the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord, to which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to God”
“When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at your craft because you'll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.”
“In ourselves we harbor the intuition of another evolution, of other possibilities of life.”
“Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.”
“Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.”
“Reason gains all people by compelling none.”

Source : "Alzira: A Tragedy". Play by Aaron Hill, 1736.
“I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason onlyâ€¦.Netflix rhymes with Wet Chicks,”

Source : "Adam Sandler Signs Exclusive Four Movie Deal With Netflix" By Jordan Sirani, www.ign.com. October 2, 2014.
“But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.”

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