Reasonable Quotes
815 Reasonable quotes by 631 unique authors
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Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain a reasonable doubt,…
— Simon Greenleaf
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This is not to say there are not Chicagoans. But I would suggest that they are a nomadic people, whose lost home exists only in…
— John Hodgman
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Women would rather be right than reasonable.
— Ogden Nash
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The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'.
— A. P. Herbert
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Mere poets are sottish as mere drunkards are, who live in a continual mist, without seeing or judging anything clearly. A man should be learned…
— John Dryden
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We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair…
— William Allen White
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There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the…
— Immanuel Kant
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I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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There are people who can write their memoirs with a reasonable amount of honesty, and there are people who simply cannot take themselves seriously enough.…
— Raymond Chandler
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The best way to begin disarming is to begin-and the United States is ready to conclude firm agreements in these areas and to consider any…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that…
— Robert Grosseteste
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Here seems now no reasonable justification for continuing any civil plutonium program.
— Jinzaburo Takagi
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The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms…
— Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
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Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Hunger is the worst form of deprivation of a human being. Although inability to access food is the immediate cause of hunger, the real cause…
— Muhammad Yunus
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Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I am heartily disposed…
— George Washington
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As people seek to improve their living environment, there will be continuous demand for residential property. Investment in real estate market should have reasonable prospects…
— Li Ka-shing
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Men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself as the only…
— Adam Gopnik
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It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.
— Peter Kreeft
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It's a completely reasonable diet -- heavy on fruits and vegetables and fresh, seasonal foods. I'm totally for it. It's common sense in a nice…
— Marion Nestle
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Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.
— Jane McGonigal
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It seems reasonable to expect that beauty will emerge from a fusion of the individual character and culture of the potter,with the nature of his…
— Bernard Leach
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If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing a reasonable diet, then something is clearly wrong.
— Tom Jaine
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So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you…
— Price Pritchett
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