Raison Quotes

TV's eal agenda is to be liked, because if you like what you're seeing, you'll stay tuned. TV is completely unabashed about this; it's its sole raison. - David Foster Wallace

The reality is that Mexicans are here to work. They are not killing anyone, they are not stealing anything, but these people are always at risk. This is going to economically affect everybody in Vineland. - Nelva Ancona Paraison

Not only did we see the movie, but we lived it. - Nelva Ancona Paraison

Le coeur a ses raisons dont le cerveau ne sait nul. T: 'The heart has its reasons, of which the mind knows nothing.' - Blaise Pascal

I feel the sadness of this family. She is two months pregnant and she has two kids. - Nelva Ancona Paraison

Family for us is very important. Separating our family is terrible. I saw the father trying to make dinner for those kids, telling white lies so they would not suffer. - Nelva Ancona Paraison

Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a raison detre, which lives on in itself. - Andre Kertesz

Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre. - Steven Chu