Reason Quotes

If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth.

Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.

The reason I formed my own band in the first place is so that I could step up as the singer.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.

I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.

Being a teenager is as difficult as living with one. And we've all been there. Perhaps that's the reason we're so hard on them.

Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me.

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

The reason kids like rock 'n roll is their parents don't.

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

I believe that everything in life happens for a reason.

The reason we have such a reform budget is because we've been thinking about these things for a long time.

As a young man, every bone in my body wanted to pick up a machine gun and kill Germans. And yet I had absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly nobody invited me to do the job. But that's what I felt that I was trained to do. Now no part of my upbringing was militaristic.

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.

Session musicians kind of respected me because what I was talking about made sense. That all came from an education. Believe me, education does you more good. Maybe that's the reason I've been around so long.

God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically.