Quotes and Sayings About Reason
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I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
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Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.
-- A. J. HartleySource : A.J. Hartley, David Hewson (2014). “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel”, p.52
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Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.
-- A.J. CroninSource : A.J. Cronin (1941). “The Keys of the Kingdom”
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There are lots of reasons why a woman stays with a man, even when she's given up on changing him and can predict with certainty the shape that the rest of her life with him is going to take.
-- A.S.A. HarrisonSource : A.S.A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife”, p.117, Hachette UK
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There are different reasons to make movies.
-- Aaron Eckhart -
Law that shocks equity is reason's murderer.
-- Aaron HillSource : Voltaire, Aaron Hill (1797). “Merope: A Tragedy”, p.50
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Reason gains all people by compelling none.
-- Aaron HillSource : "Alzira: A Tragedy". Play by Aaron Hill, 1736.
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I think things happened the way they did for a reason
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Having you close like this makes me forget the reasons why this won’t work. We will never work.
-- Abbi Glines -
The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
-- Abbie Hoffman -
Critics have a job to do. They do not criticize you without reason.
-- Abhishek Bachchan -
Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
-- Abraham Cowley -
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The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous...
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The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks.
-- Adam Carolla -
When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
-- Adam Clymer -
I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason only….Netflix rhymes with Wet Chicks,
-- Adam SandlerSource : "Adam Sandler Signs Exclusive Four Movie Deal With Netflix" By Jordan Sirani, www.ign.com. October 2, 2014.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
-- Adam Weishaupt -
A true disciple inquires not whether a fact is agreeable to his own reason.His pride has yielded to the divine testimony.
-- Adoniram Judson -
Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are correspondingly serious when invited too freely to be amused.
-- Agnes Repplier -
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.
-- Agnes Smedley -
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Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
-- Ahmed ChalabiSource : "U.S. Holds to Deadline for Iraq Power Transfer", www.foxnews.com. January 23, 2004.
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I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.
-- Ahmed H. ZewailSource : Ahmed H. Zewail (2002). “Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize”, p.72, World Scientific
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Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.
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There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marx's Capital.
-- Al Capp -
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The only reason that Jews are in ***** is that we think that Christ sucks. Catholicism sucks.
-- Al Goldstein -
For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.
-- Alain ResnaisSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.
-- Alan Ball -
Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand.
-- Alan Cohen -
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That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our ancestors did or suffered. We are supposed to be judged as individuals, based on what we are able to achieve.
-- Alan KeyesSource : "Preparing Our Country for the 21st Century: The Official Transcript of the United We Stand America Conference". Book by United We Stand America Inc., November, 1995.
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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job.
-- Alan Lewis