We like to say at Khosla Ventures, and this is one of the reasons to do what we do, we'll take technical risks that nobody else will.
Habituation is indeed a fact of human psychology. That's one reason we like novelty, including different cuts of jeans.
Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; a wish to belong somewhere.
Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time.
The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.
I've always loved watching the news on TV. As a kid, I loved watching Walter Cronkite, for some reason.
One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.
The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to facts as they occur, but with the eye of reason and experience.
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.
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.
I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up.
We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.
'Community' is a comedy show, and one of the characters happens to be a Christian. I do think they have been very careful to make sure everyone is the butt of the joke for various reasons.
No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.
It is no consolation to reflect that every cause itself is an effect, making the search for causes and reasons a fool’s errand.
