#reason

The only things that haven't worked for me are when I've held back. There's no reason to sell an idea short. The only risk would be to not fulfill the dream. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#dream #fulfill #haven #held #i

So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#educators #exposure #fear #first #implicit

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#always #eye #know #may #never

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#always #any #considered #deceiving #great

I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#childhood #escape #existence #here #i

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#beast #brave #flatterer #groom #his

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#decision #deliberations #guide #must #our

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair. ↗

— June Jordan

#big #both #fair #father #fight

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. ↗

— June Jordan

#deprived #dread #every #fears #nation

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here! ↗

— June Jordan

#because #berkeley #came #century #colors