#reason

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#faith #reason #see #shut #way

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them. ↗

— Barney Frank

#before #camps #conservatives #divided #essentially

What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed away, I wanted to buy it from the rest of my family and keep the house in the family. That was the only reason I even attempted writing for money. ↗

— Dorothea Benton Frank

#away #buy #earn #enough #even

Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful - isn't even a city, really - unless it can lay claim to being 'vibrant.' ↗

— Thomas Frank

#being #city #claim #days #either

What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#because #bought #boy #dad #fault

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#artists #basic #because #fact #gotta

I always say, 'Man, the Creator is preparing me for something. He's keeping the sun on me for some reason. He's keeping me aligned with that generation.' Because I genuinely love people, I love hip-hop, and I love using it as a tool to communicate and to create a better vibration. Life is short. I guess I'm lined up for a reason. ↗

— Doug E. Fresh

#always #because #better #communicate #create

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#am #any #circumstances #cutting #excuse

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#brilliance #detecting #fooled #high #i

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#experienced #i #i think #passion #reasonable