Reasonable Quotes

815 quotes by 631 authors

The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early… — Thomas Jefferson
The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness by reasonable compact in civil society. It was… — George Washington
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized… — Calvin Coolidge
And what have you laymen made of hell? A kind of penal servitude for eternity, on the lines of your convict prisons on earth, to… — Georges Bernanos
The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes,… — Joseph Story
I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He… — Lin Yutang
After a lifetime in this subject, I have concluded that the extraterrestrial hypothesis is one reasonable tentative approach to putting the best-documented and most puzzling… — Unknown Author
I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state.… — Albert Einstein
I shall not convert you at the end of my argument. I think the argument is sound. I hold that belief in God is not… — Cornelius Van Til
There's none as deaf as those who won't listen. I get letters. If they are moronic, they go in the wastepaper basket, but if they… — Ken Bates
We've learned the lesson that the music industry didn't learn: give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it… — Kevin Spacey
I understand that you take the Bible, as written in English, translated many many times over the last three millennia as to be a more… — Bill Nye
I'm not saying my mother-in-law is fat - because she is of reasonable size, and I care about her and her self-image. — Bernard Manning
I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things... — Kurt Russell
Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who made art history? Not the most reasonable people. The mad men did. If painting is the mirror of a time, it must be mad… — Max Ernst
And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable — Julia Louis-Dreyfus
To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness. — Peter Ustinov
It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their… — Alan Ladd
One shouldnâ€™t despair over the fact that some of the developments one has hoped for were never produced but only became a beginning. Perhaps they… — Finn Juhl

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