#reasons

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#adopt #been #certain #circumstances #determined

I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it. ↗

— Jeanne Tripplehorn

#because #been #definite #every #generous

Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#habits #reasons #stories #the-night-circus #truth

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons. ↗

— Adam Clymer

#book #came #chief #congressional #correspondent

I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#because #came #contempt #family #i

I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous animals. But man's intelligence is such that it can be utilised to defend any-thing he does, whether right or wrong. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#construction #defend #different #does #go

All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church, require his subjection to all his brethren in the Lord. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#brethren #church #his #lord #particular

There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general that go beyond national security. ↗

— Eric Holder

#attorney general #beyond #general #go #i

I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out. ↗

— Richard Jefferson

#i #insanely #odd #optimistic #out

Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of the highest admiration. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#admittedly #claim #great #grounds #highest