#reason

Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#constantly #frenzy #our #passion #principals

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#greatest #last #reason #right #temptation

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. ↗

— John Locke

#always #any #because #common #new

The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation. ↗

— Brian Eno

#band #deal #enough #front #how

I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills. ↗

— Ranulph Fiennes

#bills #estate #expeditions #go #houses

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them. ↗

— Jessica Brown Findlay

#far #literally #move #reason #skirts

Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once. There is every reason to believe that they will try again - possibly with a weapon of mass destruction; a weapon that could be smuggled into our ports. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#already #attacked #believe #could #destruction

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare. ↗

— Glenn Ford

#any #example #for example #i #i think

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives. ↗

— Gene Fowler

#books #core #died #essence #heart

If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#call #does #instinct #intelligence #reason