“This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.” PeopleWayDifferentReasonBigsGuyDiedLeaguePoundsAthletics Author:Steve Mariucci
“There's something that's sexy about a guy who has the strength to kill somebody, but is also vulnerable enough to be in love. It's just those two sides - like, I don't know why, but women for some reason aren't attracted to normal guys, like, guys who are in between.” KnowsTwoReasonEnoughGuySidesNormalSexyVulnerableTwo Sides Author:Evan Peters
“The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.” LooksReasonGuyFootballProfession Author:Bill Parcells
“I like funny guys and those, for some reason, tend to be nerdy guys.” ReasonFunnyGuyNerdyFunny Guy Author:Megan Fox
“I was a dancer, and it's not really cool for a boy to dance, so it was inspiring to see a movie like 'Footloose' where a guy is dancing masculine and had a proper reason behind it. It made me feel cool, and when these kids would make fun of me, I'd be like, 'Oh, didn't you see 'Footloose,' man?” MenFeelsMadeReasonKidsGuyFunBehindsBoysDancingDancerMasculineReally CoolFootloose Author:Kenny Wormald
“I really like the P!nk song with the guy from fun., 'Just Give Me a Reason.'” GivingReasonGuySongFunGive Me Author:PSY
“I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.” KnowsReasonShowsGuySongSingingDrawsCateringR Kelly Author:R. Kelly
“We're attracted to bad guys, and we like to follow bad guys, because they do things that we want to do but just don't do, for whatever reasons.” WantReasonGuyBad Guys Author:Geoffrey Gray
“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.” KnowsWayGivingShouldWellsSaidReasonBigsGuyCompanyCareersWifePlayerGolfCharityDinnerMy WifeCardsExecutivesMailCeoBusinessmanRipTournamentsParkingPlaying GolfReally WeirdParking LotBig CompaniesGolf Tournaments Author:Tie Domi
“I mean you think about the guy, the Nigerian guy, who was going to blow up the plane. He was wearing a pair of Fruit of the Lunatic. ... Guy was not too bright. He said that the reason he became a suicide bomber was to work his way up in the al Qaeda organization.” ThinkingWayMeanSaidReasonGuyOrganizationSuicideFruitBlowPlanesPairsAlsLunaticAl QaedaBombersSuicide Bombers Author:David Letterman
“What we were trying to do was take the notion of Greek tragedy, of fated and doomed people, and instead of these Olympian gods, indifferent, venal, selfish, hurling lightning bolts and hitting people in the ass for no reason — instead of those guys whipping it on Oedipus or Achilles, it’s the postmodern institutions . . . those are the indifferent gods.” PeopleTryingReasonGuyTragedyInstitutionsNotionSelfishAssGreekNo ReasonLightningHittingIndifferentDoomedBoltsAchillesOlympianPostmodernGreek TragedyWhippingHurlingOedipusLightning BoltsOlympian Gods Author:David Simon
“When you're reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How do winners become winners?” ThinkingWorldKindDoeBookEndsReasonStoriesBigsCareGuyTurnsGirlReadingGivenNovelDataWinnerPlotAdultery Author:Elif Batuman
“One of the reasons I'm lucky is to be around an owner like Jerry Jones. I'm not just saying it. The reality of it is the guy wants to win. As a quarterback, you need ownership and people in the front office and organization to help you win. If you don't get that help, you're always going to be fighting an uphill battle. You feel that, being a part of this organization with Jerry, that he's going to bring in people and sign people and want to improve this football team every year. It allows you to feel like, hey, we have a chance and I have a chance to do some special things around here.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsFeelsYearsReasonHelpingRealityGuyFightingWinningChanceTeamSpecialFrontsFootballBattleLuckyOfficeOrganizationHeyOwnersOwnershipQuarterbackJerryFootball TeamJust SayingSpecial ThingsUphill BattlesFront Office Author:Tony Romo
“The seriousness or otherwise of the subject matter is often irrelevent to the question of whether a book is any good. F Scott Fitzgerald wrote a great and beautiful novel which mainly involved shallow people going to parties in a rich guy's house. By contrast, all sorts of terrible books are published every month about men slaughtering people for no reason - a serious matter which, in itself, does not make the author worthy of serious consideration.” PeopleMenDoeBookMatterReasonBeautifulGuyHouseLanguagePartyNovelRichSubjectsSeriousMonthsInvolvedTerribleWorthyConsiderationNo ReasonContrastShallowSeriousnessSubject MatterScott Fitzgerald Author:Declan Lynch
“Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner couldn't take a quick glance back toward the plate to make sure the ball was hit safely.” ReasonPlayRunningGuyBaseballBallsForgivingReason WhyPlatesRunnersGlances Author:Mickey Mantle
“I think everything happens for a reason. With my game being the way it is, if I did shoot 80 percent, I'd be a harder person to deal with. It just keeps me humble. Just imagine me in my game shooting the same percentage that Reggie Miller shoots. I wouldn't even talk to you guys because I wouldn't have to.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsReasonHappensGuyGamesDealsImagineBasketballPercentHarderHumbleThings HappenShootingPercentagesEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A ReasonFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Some people are saying that the reason Michael Phelps isn't doing so well is because he let himself get too out of shape. I just have to say that I have been watching the Olympics, and if that guy is out of shape, I have been dead for five years.” PeopleIfsYearsWellsHas BeensReasonFunnyGuyFiveShapesFive YearsOlympicsThat GuyLondon Olympics Author:Conan O'Brien
“Two reasons I come down here every year: the food and there are multiple guys here every year.” YearsTwoReasonGuyMultipleTigersLsu Author:Mike Tomlin
“Recovering alcoholic guys wake up in the morning, and they have to think of a reason to get up, and then, once they're up, to not have a drink. It's like all these little heroic battles they have that they fight with and against every day of their lives.” ThinkingLittlesReasonGuyFightingMorningDrinkBattleWake UpGet UpHeroicAlcoholicsRecoveringRecovering Alcoholics Author:Liam Neeson
“South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here. That was what the sheets and the suits and the ties covered up, not very well. That was what the cowardly guys calling me names from their speeding truck wanted to happen to me, to all of me: to my people. That was what would happen to me if I walked around the corner into the wrong neighborhood. That was Birmingham. That was Brooklyn. That was Reagan. That was the end of reason. South Africa was how I came to understand that I am not against war; I am against losing the war.” PeopleIfsWellsWarEndsReasonHomeSeemsHappensWantedUsedGuyNamesWhiteCallingLosingHatredSouthCornersSuitsTiesNeighborhoodCoveredFar AwaySouth AfricaSheetsTruckBrooklynCowardlyAround The CornerSpeedingBirminghamAgainst WarCovered Up Author:June Jordan
“The main reason guys will never admit to having even the teeniest clue about what women really want is because if they did, they'd have to do something about it.” IfsWantReasonGuyClue Author:Barbara Graham
“I think audiences will always like bad guys who kill for no apparent reason. We just like to hate them.” ThinkingReasonGuyHateAudienceBad Guys Author:Jack Gleeson
“The first thought that I had about really trying to get sober was, 'Man, I could do a lot of good in the world. I can lead by example and just be this heroic recovery guy.' And that's just a bad reason to get sober. You can't get sober for anybody's benefit, let alone the world at large. You really got to do it for yourself.” MenWorldTryingFirstsI CanReasonGuyExampleBenefitsRecoveryHeroicSoberDo It YourselfGood In The World Author:Steve-O
“Im not the voice of reason; Im more the guy using these offensive topics as fodder to raise tension in a joke.” ReasonGuyVoiceJokesRaisesTensionOffensiveTopicsFodderVoice Of Reason Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!” WayShouldLooksRealReasonGuyParentRolesTeacherInfluenceModelsAthleteLook UpRole ModelsParents And TeachersGood Role Models Author:Dante Hall
“If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.” IfsReasonGuyWinningPayAttentionLosingClubsAbsurdPay AttentionReason Why Author:Joe Torre
“It's gone on my whole life, this David and Goliath syndrome that a lot of these smaller guys always have. They think the only reason I've ever had any success in my career is because of my physical size. And you know what? If that's the case, so be it. I really don't care. Because I have that size.” IfsThinkingKnowsReasonWholeCareGuyCareersCasesGoneSizeDon't CareWhole LifeWhat IfSyndromesGoliath Author:Kevin Nash
“I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I never made it do what I want. So every time I would pick up the guitar, I'd shake my hand and trill it a bit. For some strange reason my ears would say to me that sounds similar to what those guys were doing. I can't pick up the guitar now without doing it. So that's how I got into making my sound. It was nothing pretty. Just trying to please myself. I heard that sound.” WantTryingMadeI CanReasonPlayHandsGuyBitsSoundHeardStrangePleasePicksEarsGuitarMade ItShakesSteelBottlenecksTrill Author:B. B. King
“I use two million Twitter followers as a tool. The reason I have Twitter is so people can get to know me as a different person other than Dwight. I just realized all of the sudden like everything thinks I'm Dwight. They think that I'm Dwight from the office and that I'm this kind of annoying, difficult, nerdy, creepy guy and they don't know Rainn Wilson - although I'm a little bit nerdy, annoying and creepy. I'm not as much as Dwight Schrute.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindLittlesPersonsTwoDifferentReasonUseGuyBitsDifficultMillionsOfficeLittle BitToolsFollowersAnnoyingKnow MeCreepyWilsonNerdyDwightGet To Know MeJust Realized Author:Rainn Wilson
“One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. It was odd because he was still sagely and wise. But he was such a role model for me.” WorldLongStillsReasonJobsGuyRolesWiseLike YouTypeLong TimeModelsAdultsPressureBillsOddRole ModelsGrandfatherLong Time AgoYour Best Friend Author:Kevin Smith