Top 1200 Compelling Reason Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic.

I painted with acrylic paint, and the reason why I went to oil was mainly because I didn't control it. I was looking for the insecurity of it. I mean, I might have found another reason later, but at that moment, the reason was I was looking for the insecurity.

I did 'Madras' because of the script, which was compelling.

Sex is meant to be, if not addictive, at least a very compelling behavior.

A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure.

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling.

... no compelling data to support its anachronistic social Darwinism.

I would call the attention of the reader to the difference between "reason" and "reasoning." Reason is a light, reasoning a process. Reason is a faculty, reasoning an exercise of that faculty. Reasoning proceeds from one truth to another by means of argumentation. This generally involves the whole mind in labor and complexity. But reason does not exist merely in order to engage in reasoning. The process is a means to an end. The true fulfillment of reason as a faculty is found when it can embrace the truth simply and without labor in the light of single intuition.

If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don’t do it. It does not mean that one reason is better than two, just that by invoking more than one reason you are trying to convince yourself to do something. Obvious decisions (robust to error) require no more than a single reason.

I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter.

Safety and health of water is clearly a compelling government interest.

James Leininger's story is the most compelling evidence so far for reincarnation.

Unless one believes in a superhuman reason which directs evolution, one is bound to believe in a reason inherent in humanity, a motive power transcending that of each separate people, just as the power of the organism transcends that of the organ. This reason increases in proportion as the unity of mankind becomes established.

If the characters are compelling, readers will follow anywhere.

Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.

Those may justly be reckoned void of understanding that do not bless and praise God; nor do men ever rightly use their reason till they begin to be religious, nor live as men till they live to the glory of God. As reason is the substratum or subject of religion (so that creatures which have no reason are not capable of religion), so religion is the crown and glory of reason, and we have our reason in vain, and shall one day wish we had never had it, if we do not glorify God with it.

As a journalist, as a screenwriter and as a director, I'm trying to tell compelling and truthful stories.

The purer our message, the more compelling it is to consumers.

People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling.

One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived.

If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it.

You want to have pressure and tell stories that you find a real reason to tell, aside from any business reason. If business is your only reason, that always goes badly.

I remain convinced of the compelling case for connected care.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Beyond 'Contact,' I think there's something compelling about 'District 9.'

If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.

Doing life consciously was a compelling notion to me.

I truly believe that Yahoo! is one of the most compelling and dominant companies in the world.

Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

A child starts from nothing and advances alone. It is the child's reason about which the sensitive periods revolve. The reason provides the initial force and energy, and a child absorbs his first images to assist the reason and act on it.

Create a compelling service vision. When people want to, they will.

Kant's aim was to develop a religion within the boundaries of mere reason (that is, reason unaided by special empirical revelation) and then to ask about existing ecclesiastical faith (especially about Christianity, and the Lutheran Christianity of his time and place) how this revealed faith must be interpreted if it is to be reconciled with reason, and even seen as a wider (though morally optional) extension of a religion of reason.

Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.

Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller.

Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.

A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.

Why should I be depressed? I've got enough money. I've got a job. People like me. There is no to be depressed. That's at stupid as saying there is no reason to have asthma or there is no reason to have the measles. You know you've got it. It's there. It's not about reason.

Growth is not the end-all-goal of politics, but it is one of the most compelling deliverables.

[Evolution is] one of the best documented, most compelling and exciting concepts in all of science.

I fell in love with commerce and the opportunities that come with compelling visual storytelling.

Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.

You've got this guy who refuses to die for some reason whether it be a physical or metaphysical reason or spiritual reason so you can do anything. You can kill off anybody and you can still bring them back because he's kind of half there and half in reality, you know?

As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.

We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other.

A compelling story requires conflict, friction, an obstacle to be overcome.

I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil.

Not an easy story but an important one. Compelling, powerful and engaging.

One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.

As MBA professors endlessly tell their students, companies do best when they stick to what they do well. There's a reason Apple doesn't make blenders. There's a reason Haagen-Dazs doesn't sell meat. And there's a reason drug companies should focus on saving and improving lives - not jeopardizing them.

The literary trappings and moralizing of science fiction I find insufficiently compelling.

The reason I'm here today, the reason I own a brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle and the reason I have a big log cabin and I got cars and all kinds of stuff is because I'm a writer and writers own everything. So you learn how to write.

I think video advertising is a hugely compelling medium.

You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.

All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling.

I'm small, I'm young - and I'm so different. You've always respected that difference, and you've always trusted it. Trust me now. There's a reason I am the way I am, and there's a reason I was born to you. There's always a reason. We belong together.