Reasonable Quotes

815 quotes by 631 authors

Most people are reasonable. That's why they only do reasonably well. — Paul Arden
We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Terrorism [is] a biological consequence of the multinationals, just as a day of fever is the reasonable price of an effective vaccine . . .… — Umberto Eco
So far as a man may be proud of a religion rooted in humility, I am very proud of my religion; I am especially proud… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were… — Mary Schmich
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain a reasonable doubt,… — Simon Greenleaf
This is not to say there are not Chicagoans. But I would suggest that they are a nomadic people, whose lost home exists only in… — John Hodgman
Women would rather be right than reasonable. — Ogden Nash
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'. — A. P. Herbert
Mere poets are sottish as mere drunkards are, who live in a continual mist, without seeing or judging anything clearly. A man should be learned… — John Dryden
We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair… — William Allen White
There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the… — Immanuel Kant
I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are people who can write their memoirs with a reasonable amount of honesty, and there are people who simply cannot take themselves seriously enough.… — Raymond Chandler
The best way to begin disarming is to begin-and the United States is ready to conclude firm agreements in these areas and to consider any… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that… — Robert Grosseteste
Here seems now no reasonable justification for continuing any civil plutonium program. — Jinzaburo Takagi
The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms… — Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts… — George Bernard Shaw

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