Unreasonable Quotes

184 Unreasonable quotes by 155 unique authors

It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong. — Michel de Montaigne
Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the alphabet do not… — Fran Lebowitz
Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter. — Bernard Malamud
To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't… — Mary Astell
A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to grant the divorce… — Israel Shenker
Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and have left Hawaii… — Linda Lingle
The tastes and pursuits of manhood will bear on them the traces of the earlier impressions of our education. It is therefore not unreasonable to… — Charles Babbage
Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day? — Maximilien Robespierre
I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be… — Peter Hook
...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of… — Peter Singer
Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every man according to… — George Washington
There are parts of us that are miserable, that hate, that love, that are cruel, are kind, are reasonable, are unreasonable. You know, you live… — Frederick Lenz
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable… — Baron de Montesquieu
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men… — Charles Dickens
I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession. — Samuel Johnson
Anything really new is repulsive, because it is abnormal and unreasonable. — Asger Jorn
Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the piper calls the… — Walter J. Phillips
Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also, should introduce… — Luther Burbank
To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the… — Walter Cronkite
Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant… — Brigham Young
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than… — Saint Basil
It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses that… — John Dryden
Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. One must seem to… — Bill Vaughan
When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable… — Al Franken
Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men. — Edwin Louis Cole

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