Reasoning Quotes (5334 Quotes)


    That's not the reason I do it. It's almost embarrassing to get recognition for things off the field. I feel like I'm supposed to do these things. I have an opportunity to give back to a lot of people who deserve help, who deserve a chance.

    It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American people are still demanding and asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?' And the reason we don't have new jobs is because of the job-killing agenda pursued by President Obama and his allies in the Congress.

    I was remarkably calm all day long. I think that is where the experience factor came in. I knew what this win could mean and what could happen if I won. If you aren't thinking about that and taking the positives out of every week, you may be out here for all the wrong reasons.


    One of the reasons we were able to do this at this price is that we're celebrating our 20th anniversary, and these artists wanted to help us.



    You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy.

    It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault he must put forth his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of h


    I met 92-year-old Isabelle Thomas in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has fought four different types of cancer and just refuses to give up. She is just one of the dozens of reasons why I'm walking.

    It would have taken great courage to do that because at the time, the Macintosh was selling well. You're making 700 gross margin on a Mac and now you're going to go make 35 gross margin on a (software) license I wish we had, but we didn't. We didn't for that reason.

    A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where you are, what it meant to you at the time.

    We've had people leave for a number of reasons, including job transfers and life situations. We really need to get some new blood involved. We have 15 or 20 guys that probably only have three or four years left.

    It was really a very difficult decision for a lot of reasons. First of all, because of the connection I feel with you. I know I don't know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we've become friends through the years. And you've been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult times as well. And, hopefully, I've been there for you. I can't tell you how grateful I am for the support you all have given me. And I so appreciate that you've included me in your morning routine.

    I think I'm most surprised at the degree to which people are pessimistic about education and the extent to which they lack confidence and trust in state government in general. This is one of the reasons -- at the state level at least -- that people are reluctant to raise their own taxes.

    The market has been depressed, and has already discounted a Chavez victory. I don't know who was surprised by the reports and this was not a reason for anyone to sell. But the market is very weak and is very open to manipulation.

    We are cooperating. The Mexican army is cooperating, ... President Ernesto Zedillo has strongly said that this is a very important issue to us because of national security reasons.

    You see guys who come from nothing, working so hard at what they do. I think that's one of the reasons the game is so good, something that makes the product better. You get talent from everywhere.

    The whole week when this happened, I kept wondering, 'Why did this happen' But everything really does happen for a reason. I'm so excited to have this opportunity. Being at Princeton is so exciting. Being treated like a member of the student body is really great and really gracious of Princeton.



    Cameras have huge post-incident investigation value and potential prosecution value. One of the reasons the London authorities have made the progress that they've made is because of the images they had on the camera.

    That was an awfully good basketball team we played. And I think in order to win this game, we had to play our 'A' game. The reason we didn't is because of what they do and how they play.

    Yeah, maybe that's part of the reason I have some feelings or sympathy for people because of what they go through. At the same time, we're still playing them and trying to do right by everybody. We'll continue to do that as well as we can. We ask guys to show up and be professional and try to do that back to them, regardless of the situation.

    We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.

    We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago.

    He told me the reason he put Tyson on his mask is because he was an idol of his, as a boxer. He knows now that Tyson he's lost that right because of his conviction as a rapist and also as a female abuser. And he told me he would take the mask off.


    This past year I had an opportunity to sit on the sideline and reflect on where I was in my life and my career. You really wonder what the next chapter might hold. I knew the competitive juices were still there. I knew I wanted to get back into baseball. But I wanted to make sure I got back into baseball for the right reasons.

    Nothing in my life is going right, right now and there's got to be a reason for that. I think that God is trying to get my attention to tell me that this is going to end very, very badly if I don't walk away from it.




    Awareness is experiencing from moment to moment. Reason acts quickly in awareness, a thousand times faster than thought, and you do not even notice it is operating.


    In certain places, for whatever reason, just for being Caucasian or having blue eyes, someone might want to cut my head off. For being American, for being anything, for just being myself, someone might want to destroy me. That concept is so terrifying that it constantly bears exploration.

    The reason why we're having this discussion is because we want to build schools. Keno is a way we can do that. We don't see a reason why legislators wouldn't support building roads or schools.

    He never lingered. He'd just walk in a room and bang. That was the signal for all work to stop because he never did that for frivolous reasons.

    I was happy she got it and I have to sort of - and one of the reasons I did Third Watch is because I wanted to break that thing of just being the pretty girl and play it down and let it be about the work.


    I am a kitten lover And one of the reasons I liked doing ONE FINE DAY was because they had lots of kittens. I got to carry little, tiny baby kittens all over New York.


    At the moment, especially in the Arab world, the United States is in extremely high disfavor because of the war in Iraq, and before that because of Israel. As long as Israel is in the West Bank we are going to have a reason for people to keep agitating the water. It is always more complicated than it appears.


    I don't know what it is about (Charlotte), but they seem to have our number this year. I think every year you kind of struggle against one team. For the most part they've been competitive games, but for whatever reason, they've been able to come up with a few more bounces and get the wins.

    Obviously we look forward to the game for a couple of reasons. Mexico is certainly and arguably our biggest rival in CONCACAF and that always makes for a good game. More importantly, any kind of positive result for the U.S. qualifies us for the next World Cup and that's been our objective since June of 2004. We obviously look forward to the game. We love playing in Columbus. We anticipate a great crowd, and one that's very supportive of the U.S. team. I'm confident we're going to field a strong team and play well.

    Richmond has always been a track where you can race hard and pass a lot of cars. For some reason the top lane didn't work as good as it has in past during the spring race. I think that made it more of a one groove track and harder to pass. Hopefully that top groove will come in this weekend. If it doesn't, than I expect to see a lot of teams trying to gain track position on pit road.

    It's live at Delta Venus for a reason. Delta has been our starting point and we owe a lot to that place. We played there every week for over a year and a half and it's basically built us a following in Davis and really helped us learn the whole time.

    Just play whoever's there and go beat 'em. If San Antonio stumbles, for whatever reason, that's when you have to pounce. You don't ever want to plan your success on the failure of others. But you're more than willing to take advantage of that.

    People want Washington to be noted as a place of integrity and quality and that's what Tyrone brings. We've been in court too much and in the headlines for the wrong reasons.



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