Best 84 quotes in «reasonable quotes» category

"But to be hanged - is that not unendurable?" Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Grace is the atmosphere created by love that makes faith the only reasonable response

History is rarely made by reasonable men.

I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values.

I am a reasonable and sane functionalist tempered by irrational frivolity.

I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.

Is it reasonable to assume a purposiveness in all the parts of nature and to deny it to the whole?

If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.

I didn't like having reasonable arguments thrown at me.

I make no apologies for being reasonable.

I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.

It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.

I think any reasonable person knows which reporters to eliminate.

It is impossible on reasonable grounds to disbelieve miracles.

It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.

It is never too late to become reasonable and wise.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

oh my god, she said are you going to be reasonable about this?

Patience? Certainly no! We have no time for patience! While tomorrow is just an assumption, it is not reasonable to be patient!

PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

Scientific inquiry shouldn't stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found.

The most reasonable man always manages, when he pulls the trigger, to become a dispenser of justice.

The only reasonable outcome of a nation's sins is to learn not to repeat them.

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.

I was so tired of being told reasonable, practical things whenever something went wrong with my life.

Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.

Once you get it into your head that somebody is controlling events, you can interpret everything in that light and find no reasonable certainty anywhere.

Our lives are based on what is reasonable and common sense; Truth is apt to be neither.

The dangerous thing about hate is that it seems so reasonable.

The outrageous is the reasonable, if introduced politely.

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

The wrong way always seems the more reasonable.

To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.

to be reasonable one should never complain but when one hopes redress.

The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.

A poem by Rudyard Kipling says derisively of people who despise soldiers and police that they make ‘mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep.’ You are likely to have a strong reaction pro or con to this sentiment and how Kipling expressed it, but you will not be able to defend your view with arguments that would convince someone who has the opposite reaction. If you are intellectually sophisticated you mare recognize that your conviction, however strong, cannot be shown to be ‘right,’ but at most reasonable. Yet that recognition will not weaken the strength of your conviction or its influence on your behavior.” 105-06 (quoting Rudyard Kipling, Tommy.)

What the market is doing is going through a correction, which it really needed. It's getting down to where it's reasonable.

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

You won't find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains.

We live in a world where virtually everybody expects there's going to be some reasonable therapy for virtually any situation.

You really can't say things that upset someone in print and expect them to be nice and leave you their money. That's just not reasonable.

Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.

How is it possible, you ask, for love to be greater than the person who does the loving? That’s because love defies the rules of reason. It is the only exception.

Emotion is created by a cause, whether that cause is factual or imaginary does not matter, as longer as the believer holds it as true.

Children are the most reasonable about discipline. When they tell you not to do something, it's always because they know why.

If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; "is this productive enough and worthy to be done? How useful will it be?" This is purpose.