Reasonable Quotes

815 quotes by 631 authors

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable… — George Bernard Shaw
Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold. — Plautus
Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses. — Joseph Wood Krutch
It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable. — William Penn
Call them rules or call them limits, good ones, I believe, have this in common: they serve reasonable purposes; they are practical and within a… — Fred Rogers
I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for… — Benjamin Franklin
Condemning class struggle does not mean condemning every possible form of social conflict. Such conflicts inevitably arise and Christians must often take a position in… — Pope John Paul II
As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be… — Benjamin Rush
Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves. — Robert Graves
Sell practical, tested merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings - and they will always come back. — Unknown Author
GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more… — Brother Lawrence
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left… — Robert Fritz
Our job if I can see straight and hear clearly and understand ~ is to make advertising and run advertising that is seen and read… — Fairfax M. Cone
Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong. — Christopher Hitchens
Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if… — Friedrich Durrenmatt
I loved my friend for his gentleness, his candor, his good repute, his freedom even from my own livelier manner, his calm and reasonable kindness.… — Leigh Hunt
A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificiant by and by. The Alps and the glaciers together are able to take… — Mark Twain
It is, I believe, justifiable to make the generalization that anything an organic chemist can synthesize can be made without him. All he does is… — George Wells Beadle
Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy. — Mark McKinnon
I consider myself a reasonable man. As such, I tend to expect others to behave with a modicum of reason and common sense. Especially those… — Unknown Author

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