Quotes of: Reasons Keyword

We seldom consider how much of our lives we must render in return for some object we barely want, seldom need, buy only because it was put before us...And this is understandable given the workings of our system where without a job we perish, where if...

A Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Humane Existence

However, this court is constrained by law, and under the law, I can only conclude that the Government has not violated FOIA by refusing to turn over the documents sought in the FOIA requests, and so cannot be compelled by this court of law to explain...

Colleen McMahon

Who has inflicted this upon us? Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly up till now? It is God that has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who will raise us up again. If we bear all this...

Anne Frank

The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

It isn't chic for women to be drunk. Men drunks are more excusable, more easily absolved, but why? It must be thought they have better reasons.

Cat's Eye

Is there any reason you wish to preserve amity with the Shadowhunters, besides the fact that one of them is your lover?

City of Heavenly Fire

All that alcohol does for them is to liberate the sense of sin, which reason suppresses in saner moments.

The Conquest of Happiness

Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.

Confessor

He closed the locker quickly so no one would see the damage. For some reason, he felt ashamed.

The Chocolate War

After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him.

The Dharma Bums

There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear... revenge.

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

It's always me, isn't it? I'm not really a very nice person, but for some reason it's always me that they come to with their problems.

Dearly Devoted Dexter

We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.

The Dosadi Experiment

Written words, if carefully laid down, represent the civilized ideal of reason.

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand.

Dracula

don't just listen to people crying, hear the reasons why they cry

Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?

The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.

The Essence of Christianity

For the same reason a disease cannot be cured by more of the germ that caused it, the inflation and debt accumulation of the Obama years will not inflate our way out of it.

End the Fed

I hurt all the damn time because my stupid heart has decided for one reason or another that it can't survive without being next to yours. -Chase

Elect

4.39 HUMANITY & DIVINITY When you lose reasoning you forget humanity, When you forget laughter you lose Divinity. [222] – 4

Eddies of Life

Why do I feel like this is our destiny. There must be a reason why we have become our characters.

Escape from Netherworld