Reasonable Quotes

815 Reasonable quotes by 631 unique authors

Nothing drives your opponents more crazy than being utterly reasonable. And nothing makes demonizing or delegitimizing your opponents easier than letting them shriek unreasonable things… — Jonah Goldberg
As for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does… — Stephen Leacock
I am a reasonable and sane functionalist tempered by irrational frivolity. — Alexander Girard
One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The conviction: I will not tolerate this age. The freedom: the freedom to act on my conviction. And I will act. No one else has… — Walker Percy
Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being. — John F. Kennedy
It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume… — Gore Vidal
It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise. The… — Gore Vidal
Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as… — Ingrid Newkirk
If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed not only by the Nation but to the Nation. If our children have to pay… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as… — Samuel Johnson
We oftener say things because we can say them well, than because they are sound and reasonable. — Walter Savage Landor
Law was once introduced without reason, and has become reasonable. — Blaise Pascal
When man, governed by reasonable laws, enjoys his natural freedom, let him despise woman, if she do not share it with him. — Mary Wollstonecraft
My books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an expectation of reasonable happiness in life, want… — Khaled Hosseini
If you take a reasonable amount of vitamin C regularly, the incidence of the common cold goes down. If you get a cold and start… — Linus Pauling
Most men in this world are colored. A belief in humanity means a belief in colored men. The future will, in all reasonable possibility, be… — W. E. B. Du Bois
We cannot escape the clear fact that what is going to win in this world is reason, if this ever becomes a reasonable world. — W. E. B. Du Bois
When regulations on the housing industry are reasonable, the cost of housing goes down. Regulatory relief is needed to make housing more affordable to more… — Randy Neugebauer
The costs of marriage breakdown are borne by the entire society, and therefore it is reasonable for the entire society to demand support for marriage… — Nancy Pearcey
By the early '70s I had gotten reasonable and I started to get in hundreds of groups that rehearsed and never played at all. I… — Andy Partridge
Most employees want to be involved in a successful business and most employees are happy for people running successful businesses to be paid a reasonable… — Stuart Rose
Love is not reasonable. If we could assign it to the reasonable world, it would not be useful. — Frederick Lenz

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