Reason Quotes - Page 38

The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

I do not refer to myself as a 'housewife' for the reason that I did not marry a house.

Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

When any duty is to be done, it is fortunate for you if you feel like doing it; but, if you do not feel like it, that is no reason for not doing it.

there are scores of thousands of women who are denominated prostitutes, and who are supported by hundreds of thousands of men who should, for like reasons, also be denominated prostitutes, since what will change a woman into a prostitute must also necessarily change a man into the same.

Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.

It is only by the exercise of reason that man can discover God.

One of the reasons that millionaires are economically successful is that they think differently.

People say that Nagasaki is famous for persecution and devastation, for it has known much in it's history. But Nagasaki is not the only place that has experienced both persecution and destruction The reason Nagasaki is famous, is because it is rebuilt, because it has always survived.

But if your boyfriend, out of nowhere and with no advance warning whatsoever, dumps you for no apparent reason, is it really about you? Or is it all him?

The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.

Whatever a woman's reason may say, her feelings tell her the truth.

These patients have turned away from outer reality; it is for this reason that they are more aware than we of inner reality and can reveal to us things which without them would remain impenetrable.

What do you do with all this bank, Josie? Be a lot easier if you just lifted your skirt.” “The only reason I’d lift my skirt is to pull out my pistol and plug you in the head.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to be people like us.

When you face challenges, ask yourself what is the lesson here? Focus on the lesson and don't complain about the test. Everything happens for a reason. Every person you meet, may teach you something - good or bad.

It is to the body alone that we should attribute everything that can be observed in us to oppose our reason.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear,- Knowledge, Use and Reason, with its higher aids.

When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach.

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.