I consider myself a reasonable man. As such, I tend to expect others to behave with a modicum of reason and common… — Peter Horton Copy Share Image
A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man. — Mark Kac Copy Share Image
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world around him; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'. — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists — C. F. W. Walther Copy Share Image
“If there is one thing that the average woman detests more than another, it is an entirely reasonable man.” — R. Austin Freeman Copy Share Image
“George Bernard Shaw once put it: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“– The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore… — Iain Hollingshead Copy Share Image
“Being the clearheaded, reasonable man you’re supposed to be, you should have pushed Gabriella away and honored the contract. Instead, you made… — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
No administration could stop the tidal wave of immigration that swept over the land; no political party could restrain or control the… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“I like to think of myself as a reasonable man. I suppose that's true to everyone. Even the people we'd paint as… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“George Bernard Shaw was on to something years ago when one of his maxims for revolutionaries stated, “The reasonable man adapts himself… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“There were excesses in science and there were excesses in religion. A reasonable man wouldn’t be stampeded by either one. There were… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Reasonable men are not reasonable when you're in the bubbles which have characterized capitalism since the beginning of time. — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead ofpersuading.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order. — William Morris Copy Share Image
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The first thing the reasonable man must do is to be content with a very little knowledge and a very great deal… — Arthur David Ritchie Copy Share Image
We do not see God, but everywhere we see something divine; first and most typically in the center of a reasonable man,… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
I believe that there is much less difference between the author and his works than is currently supposed; it is usually in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
