Reasonable Quotes

815 Reasonable quotes by 631 unique authors

Internet porn makes everything more reasonable -- once you've realized there is a massive subculture of upwardly mobile people who think it's erotic to see… — Chuck Klosterman
Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must… — Howard Zinn
The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a few ounces of… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not being more than,… — Douglas Adams
It was my view then, and still is, that you don't make war without knowing why. Knowledge of course, is always imperfect, but it seemed… — Tim O'Brien
Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? — Bertrand Russell
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should… — Charles Dickens
If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. — Dalai Lama
Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they… — John Steinbeck
They were adored by the Germans, who thought they were exactly what Englishmen ought to be. They made war look stylish and reasonable, and fun...… — Kurt Vonnegut
So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a… — Benjamin Franklin
You’re pretty sharp, Clive. Do you believe in God?” Clive smiled. “I don’t know, should I?” Actually, approaching the matter from a purely logical perspective,… — Ted Dekker
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet. — Jane Austen
And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so… — Michel de Montaigne
If the library in the morning suggests an echo of the severe and reasonable wishful order of the world, the library at night seems to… — Alberto Manguel
If it was as logical as that, I wouldn't continue to feel as bad as I do. I know what you're saying, and you're absolutely… — Jonathan Carroll
Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making… — Aldous Huxley
Whatever he says, let his inner resolution be not to bear whatever comes to him, but to bear it 'for a reasonable period'--and let the… — C.S. Lewis
...Chillingworth was a striking evidence of man's faculty of transforming himself into a devil, if he will only, for a reasonable space of time, undertake… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls… — Jonathan Edwards
Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal,… — Nicholas Sparks
It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of him or herself… — James W. Loewen
If you stumble over mere believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask… — Yann Martel
[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two were busy explaining… — Douglas Adams
Behind me, Marc made a soft whistling sound, clearly impressed. “That’s not standard procedure,” he said, his tone entirely too reasonable as he leaned over… — Rachel Vincent

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