Reasonable Quotes

815 quotes by 631 authors

for nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves pay to… — Henry Fielding
For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people… — Barney Frank
I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable. — Stephen Fry
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they… — William Lloyd Garrison
There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure… — Malcolm Gladwell
Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men. — Edwin Louis Cole
I'm sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not… — Harry Connick, Jr.
It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing. — Norman Cousins
Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise. — Andrew Cuomo
We are more likely to cheat if we see others doing so. We tend to conform to accepted norms of reasonable behaviour, rather than adhere… — Evan Davis
A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl… — Lea DeLaria
Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable. — Alan Dershowitz
Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt. — Alan Dershowitz
I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence,… — Alan Dershowitz
We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's no… — Alan Dershowitz
He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and… — John Donne
It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. — Mary Douglas
I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. — Clint Eastwood
A lot of young actresses have a hard time combining a reasonable love life with a career. — Britt Ekland
If you were a medieval scholar reading a book, you knew that there was a reasonable likelihood you'd never see that particular text again, and… — Joshua Foer

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