Reason Quotes

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.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

There was no reason to label us as anti-Semitic.

Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it.

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?

I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.

I am outraged that a House member has tried through this provision to breach the traditional confidentiality of individual Americans' tax returns. There is no reason for this measure, and this last-minute act violates all principles of judgment and common sense.

A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets.

They fired director Richard Donner because they didn't want to pay him, and he's the reason the franchise became so successful in the first place. There's a big part of Superman II that he did that no one has ever seen.

Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now.

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

You would like me to say that the veil will be ripped from the voters' eyes sometime between now and November, thereby restoring the proper version of Democracy to the House and Senate. I won't say that, of course. The simple reason is, I don't know.

Sex is not only the basis of life, it is the reason for life.

There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Foreign trade clearly has been a reason why inflation has been low.

My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely a gift from God and it is my responsibility to use it to glorify him.

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.