Quotes with reason

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  • Nancy Astor One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
    Nancy Astor
    First woman Member of Parliament (1879 - 1964)
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  • Anthony Robbins One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Bill Hybels One reason we stop praying or let our prayer lives fade is that we are too comfortable.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Marcus Aurelius One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • André Gide Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
    Original: Les choses les plus belles sont celles que souffle la folie et qu'écrit la raison.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Bob Harper Our external environment no longer seems to have any firm boundaries, any limits, or any positive cues about when to stop consuming anything. I mean, there is a reason that people get fat - it's easy and cheap to get high-calorie, tasty food.
    Bob Harper
    American personal trainer, reality television personality, and author (1965 - )
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  • Lord Chesterfield Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Benjamin Mkapa Our reason for withdrawal is simple. We are party to too many regional trading organisations. The sum effect of this means that our membership is extremely costly to sustain and we must rationalise our participation in such ventures.
    Reason for withdrawal from COMESA, September 1999
    Benjamin Mkapa
    Tanzanian politician (1938 - 2020)
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  • Maurice Maeterlinck Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.
    Maurice Maeterlinck
    Belgian poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner (1911) (1862 - 1949)
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  • Barack Obama Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • John Wesley Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.
    John Wesley
    British preacher (1703 - 1791)
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  • William Penn Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • B. W. Powe Passion was animal flesh, raw desire gnawing and ripping at its early limitations. These passions were to be feared only if undirected by the conscience of the higher self. Mind was the key to the process of enlightenment. Hence reason was the first principle, light itself.
    Mystic Trudeau - The Fire And the Rose Emanations, Destinies, p. 4
    B. W. Powe
    Canadian poet, novelist and teacher (1955 - )
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  • Robert Schumann People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; for no reason whatsoever.
    Robert Schumann
    German composer (1810 - 1856)
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  • Adam Garcia People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me.
    Adam Garcia
    Australian actor (1973 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley People travel for the same reason as they collect works of art: because the best people do it.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Albert J. Nock Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Caroline Glick Perhaps the central reason that Ahmadinejad's message, and the hundreds of thousands of voices echoing his call throughout the world, are so dangerous is because the Free World is making precious little effort to assert its own message.
    Reprinted in Live from NYs 92nd Street Y continues. Vail Daily. October 7, 2007. Discussing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    Caroline Glick
    American-born Israeli columnist, journalist and author
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  • Daniel Webster Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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