Reason Quotes - Page 98

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.

It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason

There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.

When I first met with Kurt [Sutter], it was one of those moments where you feel everything is happening for a reason.

We do not have a South African as a member of the African Commission. The President of the Commission comes from Mali, the Deputy comes from Rwanda and then we have got all these other members, ordinary commissioners. There is no South African there. And the reason, again, for that is not because we didn't have South Africans who are competent.

I dare say that quite a few people have contemplated death for reasons that much later seemed to them to be quite minor.

Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.

For whatever reason, God has a plan for me.

Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive.

For unknown reasons, there is a tremendous concentration of psychoactive plants on the South American continent. The South American continent has more known hallucinogens than the rest of the planet combined.

Politicians make promises and they don't do what they said they would do: the reason why so many politicians in Washington are unhappy with me.

For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs.

I'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.

Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.

Talk to the man with the reasons why.

The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.

One of the reasons why I chose to live in New York was that there is this sense of your environment constantly changing.

As for being somewhere you're not supposed to be - maybe you're here for a reason, or there is no reason.

Producer Ed Pressman had a book about Diane Arbus - it's the only biography that exists - and there had been many Diane Arbus scripts. Many. I don't even know how many over the years. And it's sort of a cursed project, for lots of reasons. There's probably some pile somewhere of all these weird attempts, all these portraitures that can't get made.

I have to keep reminding myself that I was hired for a reason and one of those reasons is because of the stories I tell and the films I've made previously.

We have the most expensive compliance system in the world. The IRS brags that they spend 35 cents for every $100 they collect. They're very efficient collectors. And the reason is they stick the real cost on you and me.

Every human being has the right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if he only takes the trouble.

It's not exactly annoying but definitely saddening to see people getting into blogging for completely the wrong reasons. Getting perks is not a given when blogging.

The United States really only accounts for about 3 percent of the economic engagement with Russia. Europe is 40 percent, and so Europe's contribution to this pressure is far more than symbolic. It's very practical. And that's one of the many reasons why we have worked hard to remain in close coordination with our European partners.

For some reason, when you become a support to others, you become bigger than you are.