Reasonable Quotes

815 quotes by 631 authors

Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate… — Robertson Davies
It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what… — Naomi Novik
Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear,… — Giacomo Casanova
Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous... — J. Michael Straczynski
You called me at four thirty-four....I hate four thirty-four. I think four thirty-four should be banned and replaced with something more reasonable, like, say, nine… — Darynda Jones
Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of… — Lord Byron
It was reasonable to struggle, to suffer, perhaps even to die, for a more just, a more compassionate society, but not in a world with… — P.D. James
Well, did he do it?" She always asked the irrelevant question. It didn't matter in terms of the strategy of the case whether the defendant… — Michael Connelly
Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking. — Norton Juster
The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is… — Madeleine L'Engle
When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was… — Charles Bukowski
A wise man once told me- heâ€™s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a… — Gregory David Roberts
Katsa turned to Po with tears in her eyes. 'He'll be so angry.' 'He won't stay angry forever.' 'Won't he?' she said. 'People do sometimes.'… — Kristin Cashore
That was a perfectly reasonable explanation," she said grumpily. "Perhaps my advisers don't lie to me." "Isn't that what you'd want?" asked Giddon. "Well, yes,… — Kristin Cashore
No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to… — Atul Gawande
Scientific inquiry shouldn't stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Be reasonable. I know you can be. If you try very, very hard.â€ - Al to Rachel — Kim Harrison
I was so tired of being told reasonable, practical things whenever something went wrong with my life. — Richelle Mead
Still, waking up this early was just wrong. â€œWhy canâ€™t people be reasonable and only die after eleven A.M.?â€ I whined. — Diana Rowland
My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown… — Jim Butcher

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