Reason Quotes - page 15

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. (Ellen Glasgow)
The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand. View quote
Yves Tanguy
I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do. View quote
Richard Thompson
That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes. View quote
Martina Hingis
The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at an end. I can not be satisfied in any business and can not be without their companionship. View quote
Alex Campbell
I think things happened the way they did for a reason. View quote
Aaron Neville
Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to. View quote
Alvin Ailey
By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow. View quote
Brian Ferneyhough
Alan Moore does have a sheen of class. He's a smart guy, and I'm sure there was a metaphoric level, I'm not denying that, but let's face it. the main reason he was doing a super-hero comic was because he was working for a super-hero comic book company. View quote
Chester Brown
I would never jeopardize classified information to be brought out to the public. This information is all open source. There is no reason to worry about classification. It is simply an attempt by bureaucrats to cover their rear ends. View quote
Curt Weldon
If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason. (Douglas Sirk)
Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile. View quote
Emma Bonino
I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty. View quote
Ethel Waters
That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our - since we've been keeping track of this. View quote
Franklin Raines
I'm just a bleeping maniac in straight clothing. There's no reason to dress my monster up. View quote
Glenn Frey
So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and you just have to fend that off all the time. View quote
Kurt Loder
We only get together when there's a good reason. Like, last summer, we didn't really intend to go out, but we thought the B-52's tour was a good opportunity. View quote
Kathy Valentine
I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like. View quote
Lara St. John
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. View quote
Lyn Nofziger
There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves. View quote
Leland Stanford
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all. (Maggie Gallagher)
Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire. View quote
Maggie Gallagher
There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music, but they come for the same reason; they all like us and they different things out of the band's music. View quote
Daisy Berkowitz
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. View quote
Marya Mannes
Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason. View quote
Norman MacCaig