#reason

The Wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years, if the reasons for it are not removed. ↗

— Erich Honecker

#even #reasons #removed #standing #wall

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#change #far #following #formula #i

I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason. ↗

— Jon Lee Anderson

#bad #baghdad #built #burning #coming

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it. ↗

— John Avlon

#ever #important #media #more #parties

The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain, without a thought being given to the real strong hold. ↗

— Edward Bach

#being #burying #causes #dealing #failure

One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#children #deaf #deaf people #grace #i

Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired. ↗

— Greg Bear

#also #brilliant #charming #could #friendship

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#forces #hate #i #i believe #i believe that

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#below #brute #brute force #force #hitting

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. ↗

— Jane Austen

#compliments #discussion #disdain #intelligence #opposition