A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.
Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor the great, the dead, and ourselves.
I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.
The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.
And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.
It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.
I don't really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it.
Maybe that's some of the reason I feel so good today. Maybe I finally realised that it's just a game.
I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons.
I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman 2'.
If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut the other one.
Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
Of course I want my films to look really good, but every single element is chosen for a reason. It's telling something in the story.
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.
As the actor, you can't go in saying, 'I'm the bad guy.' You've got to think your reasons for doing what you're doing are good.
No one can reasonably deny that Medicare is headed for insolvency, and that Medicare's insolvency, if not rectified, will lead to the federal government's insolvency.
It was impossible to reason with a negro-that the only way to keep him in his place was to keep him under fear.
Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
