#reason

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#breathe #die #i #i write #reason

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too. ↗

— Leon Askin

#art #city #cross #deal #great

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself. ↗

— Mary Astell

#always #another #expects #himself #his

First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals. ↗

— John Avlon

#both #both sides #compete #declare #first

Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings; it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#faith #fatal #immediately #instrument #interests

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#america #any #country #criticize #exactly

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons. ↗

— Angela Bassett

#become #came #consistently #fairly #good

I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason I am motivated to do what I do is for the hedonistic pleasures of the table. ↗

— Mario Batali

#am #better #end #everyday #everything

I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever in the stratosphere of Kirk Cameron or Scott Baio. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#cameron #ever #fan #fan mail #grandmother

But if you really want to get involved in making a difference, you can stay at home with your family and have a job and make a reasonable living without having to be on an airplane all of the time, then you ought to go back home and run for School Board. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#back #board #difference #family #get