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Reason Quotes


"The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons."


"You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words."


"I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of."


"The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio."



"I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it."


"The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here."


"That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it."


"Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it."


"Sometimes I like them artificial and sometimes I like them real. And the reason is because sometimes I like a real close sound. And I like a very specific snare sound and I can't get that in the big room."


"The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen."


"If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason."


"For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating."


"I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times."


"Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason."


"I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well."


"I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason."


"The reason we're so dangerous is because we're totally harmless."



"There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect."



"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."


"I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything."


"My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself."


"One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages."


"No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct."


"No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter' Part of the reason is that no one wants to hear that it isn't for them. As soon as they read it, they want it to be theirs."


"I think the reason I am important is that I know everything."


"Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?"


"One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need."


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


"But if I've heard this saying once, I've heard it a thousand times- everything happens for a reason. And possibly it does. I just haven't found the reason that this all happened yet."


"When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics."


"I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going."


"It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason."



"I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply."


"The main advantage of the omniscient approach is that it's the easiest to handle. That's the major reason so many writers select it."


"It doesn't really seem any different anywhere. I'd say it seems like we're biggest in Australia. It's just that we've always been this underground band and for some reason in the last month has been starting to go overground."


"The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt."


"The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you."


"For some reason, it popped into my head the notion that a lot of the Next Generation cast in the long run of that show managed to step behind the camera."


"That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be done."


"As for sacred polyphony, there is no reason to be afraid of it."


"The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness."
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