Reason Quotes
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Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.
Lao Tzu
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We have a priori reasons for believing that in every sentence there is some one order of words more effective than any other; and that this order is the one which presents the elements of the proposition in the succession in which they may be most readily put together.
Herbert Spencer
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He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.
Gautama Buddha
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There's a reason the Chinese government is very concerned about Ai Weiwei. It's because he has all of these ingredients in his life that allow him to attract enormous attention across a very broad spectrum of the population.
Evan Osnos
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Is almost a good enough reason for fear?
Beth Revis
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I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.
Theresa May
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For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.
William Peter Blatty
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The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.
Thomas Sowell
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Banks get in trouble for one reason: They make bad loans.
Carl Webb
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Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.
Sue Grafton
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There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.
Stephen Covey
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I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defense, should one think of killing any animal.
Morarji Desai
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For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were very efficient.
Haruki Murakami
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I'm an egotistical actress, the shows I like are the ones where I have lots to do. The one where I got shot I - it was particularly memorable for me for a lot of reasons.
Neal Baer
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To me, chocolate was the sole reason we on this earth.
Esi Edugyan
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The only reason to make a million dollars in this business is to tell some fat producer to go to hell.
Humphrey Bogart
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Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.
Michael Caine
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There isn't anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it.
Shinzo Abe
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The reason you have descended into physical life is to unleash the power of your soul upon Earth.
Caroline Myss
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I think that's one of the reasons people love The X-Files, because most people do believe that there's something else going on that we don't know, because life is just too bizarre to be the way it is.
Rhys Darby
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Age is just a number, not a state of mind or a reason for any type of particular behaviour.
Cecelia Ahern
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One of the reasons to go to South Africa is because we can create great standing sets, both interior and exterior, and have the opportunity to create an actual water set outside, which will allow us to build a boat and probably part of another ship to be able to really bring that world to life.
Chris Albrecht
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Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.
Simon Sinek
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An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a faith in our capacity for limitless self-improvement just as much a wide-eyed superstition as a faith in leprechauns.
Terry Eagleton