How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature… — Bertha von Suttner Copy Share Image
Responsibility, in order to be reasonable, must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party, and in order to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time. — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Deciding she couldn't really be bothered searching for the illusive closures, she was sitting quietly in bed when he returned. He halted… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
The idea of a series of items, following one another docilely, forms the only possible reasonable approach to life if you have… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man. — Democritus Copy Share Image
I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity… — Seth Lloyd Copy Share Image
No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
A reasonable being might think that he and I could find some common ground; have a cup of coffee and compare our… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. Today the greatest divide within humanity… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
If you go to Europe, public bathrooms have any-gender sink areas and stalls for everyone to use. This is completely reasonable. It… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a… — Pedro Pierluisi Copy Share Image
There are parts of us that are miserable, that hate, that love, that are cruel, are kind, are reasonable, are unreasonable. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I duly acknowledge that I have gone through a long life, with fewer circumstances of affliction than are the lot of most… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Government is itself an art, one of the subtlest of the arts. It is neither business, nor technology, nor applied science. It… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
It is as natural and reasonable for a dependent creature to apply to its Creator for what it needs, as for a… — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image