T Quotes
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“The only reason mongooses don’t speak regularly is that they are shy.”
Source: The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose
“The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.”
“The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility”
Source: A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers: With Some Reflections on the Resistance Made to King Charles I, and on the Anniversary of His Death: in which the Mysterious Doctrine of the Princes' Saintship and Martyrdom is Unriddled: the Substance of which was Delivered in a Sermon Preached in the West Meeting-house in Boston the Lord's-day After the 30th of January, 1749/50...
“The only reason pain exists is because we let it feed on us and that gives it the power to continue existing (I.R.V)”
Source: Fallen, Standing: My Life As A Schizophrenist
“The only reason people are saying I'm the number-one player is because I'm with the number-one team.”
“The only reason people aren't all dragging vampires out into the sun or dousing us with gasoline like your group wants to do is because of a concentrated hundred-and-ten-year plan to make us palatable to mankind. From Bram Stoker to that Meyer woman, we have been subtly brainwashing humanity into believing our race could live in peace with yours.”
Source: Straight Outta Fangton
“The only reason people die, is because EVERYONE does it. You all just go along with it. It's RUBBISH, death. It's STUPID. I don't want nothing to do with it.”
“The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.”
Source: The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography
“The only reason people don't take action or make a decision right away is....it's our fault they did not see the VALUE”
“The only reason people go to bars is to get drunk and have sex. To me, bars are what hell is like.”
Source: Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life
“The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death...”
“The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.”
“The only reason people work for airlines is because the Nazi party is no longer hiring.”
“The only reason people write is because they are not wonderful men.”
“The only reason psychology students don't have to do more and harder mathematics than physics students is because the mathematicians haven't yet discovered ways of dealing with problems as hard as those in psychology.”
“The only reason race matters is because of racism.”
“The only reason runaway global warming seems unstoppable is that we have not yet tried to stop it.”
“The only reason so many are so pissed off at the US is because they see North America as promoting a 'bad deal' for its own masses, not because it is ruining the rest of the world!”
“The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.”
“The only reason some people think finding investors is difficult is because they don't know where to look. Think about this: people with money--millionaires even--are around you every day, whether you recognize them or not. Everybody--even your friend who works at McDonald's--has some sort of paycheck. It may be two hundred dollars or it may be two hundred thousand dollars, but almost everyone has a source of income. The question is: what do they DO with that income?”
Source: T.R.U.S.T.: How Psychology and a Simple 5-Letter Acronym Will Help You Raise the Money You Need, Recruit the Team You Want, & Engender the Support You Crave
“The only Reason someone should be sad after my Death, is because this Person didn't ask me enough Questions.”
“The only reason that evil exist is to challenge the good among us to defeated it.
RJ Intindola – 1983”
“The only reason that I’ve become my own fire department is that I’ve become my own arsonist.”
“The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.”
“The only reason that Jews are in pornography is that we think that Christ sucks. Catholicism sucks.”
“The only reason that our choices come back to bite us is because we gave them teeth.”
“The only reason that some people aren’t ashamed of their parents and/or siblings is because they know that we know that they did not choose them.”
“The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.”
“The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.”
“The only reason that we humans and all creatures have made it thus far is because of the lessons learned consciously and unconsciously through the challenges we have been through.”
“The only reason that we like complex numbers is that we don't like real numbers.”
“The only reason that we’ve settled is that there’s something greater that we’ve let slip away.”
“The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.”
“The only reason that you're conscious right now is because I don't want to carry you.”
“The only reason the House hasn't done even more damage is that the Senate often sands down the most noxious ideas, making the bills merely bad, not disastrous.”
“The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.”
“The only reason the Protestants and Catholics have given up the idea of universal domination is because they've realised they can't get away with it.”
“The only reason the west makes such a song and dance about antisemitism, is not because it's a human rights issue, but because it's the only narrative where the colonizers emerge as the good guys - but place indigenous populations at the center of history, and every last white heroic propaganda collapses in dust.”
Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot
“The only reason the word "brand" gets a little tiresome is that something that is complex and wonderful and deep begins to sound like a can of tomato soup. I recoil at that, but I'm used to it. I know what it means: It means that The New Yorker is not merely the magazine that comes out in print once a week. It's the Web site, it's the festival, it's our mobile application - all these things - and what they stand for and what they mean.”
“The only reason the world was a better place during your childhood is because you were a child.”
“The only reason there is a crisis about Social Security in the US and pensions in Europe and Japan is that you cannot maintain a "Ponzi" scheme indefinitely. We have collected from today's young to pay today's old and counted on tomorrow's young to keep doing so. That was a fine scheme as long as the number of young people was rising faster than old people. When that ratio comes to an end, such a system also has to end.”
“The only reason there's such a thing as a morning in the first place is to keep night and afternoon from bumping into each other. -Kheldar”
“The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old.”
“The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it.”
“The only reason they tolerated the transgender community in some of these movements was because we were gung-ho, we were front liners. We didn’t take no shit from nobody. We had nothing to lose. You all had rights. We had nothing to lose. I’ll be the first one to step on any organization, any
politician’s toes if I have to, to get the rights for my community.”
Source: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR): Survival, Revolt, and Queer Antagonist Struggle
“The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.”
“The only reason to be in a relationship or in a marriage, is if at the end of the day when the music stops playing and all the people go home and the lights are off and it's quiet and you're alone with that person -- you still don't feel alone. That one person makes you unalone. Because even while the music is playing and all the other people are with you and the lights are on and it's noisy inside of your head -- you're still all alone if that person isn't with you. You need to be with the person that never makes you alone. Even at the end of the day when everything else is gone.”
“The only reason to be in business is to be great.”
“The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.”
“The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.”