Reasonable Quotes

815 quotes by 631 authors

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do. — Benjamin Franklin
Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone could… — David Mamet
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss… — Sebastian Junger
The theory of numbers is particularly liable to the accusation that some of its problems are the wrong sort of questions to ask. I do… — John Edensor Littlewood
...reasonable natures have free will, and can turn to the good or the bad voluntarily by themselves. They either attach themselves to God's will, which… — Gregory Palamas
Feminine traits are called weaknesses. People joke about them; fools ridicule them; but reasonable persons see very well that those traits are just the tools… — Immanuel Kant
No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. .. No foresight can… — Abraham Lincoln
I make no apologies for being reasonable. — Barack Obama
There's no use in comparing one's feelings between one day and the next; you must allow a reasonable interval, for the direction of change to… — Lewis Carroll
If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable. — Michael Shannon
The first and most important impact of climate change on human civilisation will be an acute and permanent crisis of food supply. Eating regularly is… — Gwynne Dyer
The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race in… — E. O. Wilson
Have you ever observed somebody go through a religious conversion? The person seems perfectly reasonable to you and has no particular concern for religion. Then… — Darrel Ray
Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge that… — Victor J. Stenger
Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk. — Diane Ackerman
No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists — C. F. W. Walther
Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made. — William Lyon Mackenzie King
Disarming behavior, where you have two sides involved in a conflict that everybody has stereotypes of the evil other side that is convinced that they… — Guy Burgess
The world cannot live at peace without the United Nations. For this reason: it creates a reasonable guarantee that all this change in the world,… — Dag Hammarskjold
The only really effective means of enabling States to deal with the grave problem of poverty is to provide them with the necessary resources through… — Pope John Paul II

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