Reasonable Quotes

I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.

We do the right thing not to please people but because it's the only logically reasonable thing to do, as long as we are being honest with ourselves - even if we are the only ones.

Is it reasonable to take it ill, that anybody desires of us that which is their own? All we have is the Almighty's; and shall not God have his own when he calls for it?

Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.

It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.

I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable level; otherwise it gets a bit frustrating.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

Someday I'd like to be a father, not of a human child, but something more reasonable.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

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 inside your own mind. Who are you kidding?

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.

What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?

Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.

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 not be employed.

If you're going to insist on being reasonable, I'm going to stop hanging with you.

The golf course is always in good shape. Paul Latshaw does a reasonable job.

Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable, sensible human being.

While the official productivity data look impressive, alternative measures that are equally reasonable show a much more subdued picture.

A reasonable scale of probability-what is likely-forbids believing a whole range of imaginative possibilities, even though we do not know anything for sure.

One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.

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 other reasonable proposal.

A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

Easiest job you could ever have... whoever gets to put Michael Jackson in a witness chair and create reasonable doubt.

I wouldn't say in all situations, but a lot of times kids can be the most reasonable people around because they don't have the deal with all the drama that goes along with being an adult.

There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.

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

Since any reasonable person would choose a Mac over a PC, Apple's market share provides us with an accurate reading of the percentage of reasonable people in our society.

There are differences in the businesses themselves, but the fundamentals are the same: give customers a good experience, charge them a reasonable price, listen to them, and treat them with respect.

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

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

It is reasonable not to make any budget adjustments in the first quarter of 2015

When all else failed, she tried being reasonable.

Our merchandised may be over priced, but I think it's reasonable considering I only want more money.

A reasonable agriculture would do its best to emulate nature. Rather than change the earth to suit a crop... it would diversify its crops to suit the earth

I believe that in fact it would be economically reasonable and logical to reach a compromise [on oil production], I am sure that everybody understands this.

when a person implores you to be reasonable what he means is that you should speed round forthwith to his point of view.

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.

... the novelist is bound by the reasonable possibilities, not the probabilities, of his culture.

I think the important point is the turning point in combining offense and defense in a reasonable way.

I'm sick of all the reasonable people: they see all the reasons for doing nothing

The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.

The imagination never forgets; it is a re-membering. It is not foundationless, but most reasonable, and it alone uses all the knowledge of the intellect.

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

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

Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing.

Reasonable men are not reasonable when you're in the bubbles which have characterized capitalism since the beginning of time.