#reason

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. ↗

— Jane Austen

#double-standards #empowerment #equality #feminism #flattery

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#love #quip #reason #love

Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently. ↗

— Scott Adams

#differently #exactly #handicapped #mentally #reason

Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary. ↗

— William Adams

#being #contrary #favor #geometry #grace

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#enjoyment #i #i see #keep #my own

They wanted me to do Scream 2, and I hate talking about movies I turned down, because it sounds judgmental. There's nothing wrong with horror movies. I enjoy watching them. The main reason I turn a part down is if I think I won't be good. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#because #down #enjoy #good #hate

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason. ↗

— William R. Alger

#always #crowd #never #reason #thinks

My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance. ↗

— Tim Allen

#alive #care #lawn #maintenance #men

Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work. ↗

— Richard Dean Anderson

#being #cause #change #clock #coming

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#being #by-product #enough #existing #good