Reasonable Quotes - Page 23

• A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

  Joseph Addison

  Humility, Pride, Men

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.301

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• I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain expectations about what would be a reasonable and desirable position to be assigned to after my years of service.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Marine, Air, Years

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• Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

  Aristotle

  Jealousy, Men, Envy

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• The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.

  Conrad Black

  Hypocrite, Government, People

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• It wouldn't matter whether you were Latino or Hispanic or Norwegian. If you didn't have proof of citizenship and if the police officer had reasonable suspicion, he would ask and verify your citizenship. I mean, that's the way that it is. That's what the federal law says. And that's what the law in Arizona says.

  Jan Brewer

  Mean, Law, Police

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• Have you ever seen Glenn Beck in operation? It is the most terrifying thing. It's so bad that you think he's going to announce in a minute that it's all a great con. He makes Sarah Palin look reasonable and steady.

  Bill Bryson

  Thinking, Looks, Minutes

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• The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

  Samuel Butler

  Vices, Virtue, Function

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.47, The Floating Press

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• Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

  Samuel Butler

  Money, Order, Long

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.57, The Floating Press

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• Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

  Lord Byron

  Drinking, Beer, Men

  'Don Juan' (1819-24) canto 2, st. 179

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• I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.

  Steve Case

  Passionate, Students, Economy

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• When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

  Noam Chomsky

  Iraq, Expectations, Increase

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• I'm sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not trying to rebuild the city and make it better than it was before.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  New Orleans, Cities, People

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• It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

  Norman Cousins

  Healing, Health, Doctors

  Norman Cousins (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.52, Open Road Media

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• Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Fighting, Compromise, Hard

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• A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl thing.

  Lea DeLaria

  Girl, Ridiculous, Emotion

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• Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.

  Alan Dershowitz

  People, Insane, Ill

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• Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Doubt, Criminals, Trials

  "Casey Anthony: The System Worked" by Alan Dershowitz, www.wsj.com. July 7, 2011.

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• We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's no room in America for these semiautomatic, automatic and other kinds of weapons that are simply designed to cause mass havoc.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Real, Gun, Hunting

  "Social media abuzz over Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones" by Josh Levs, Ben Brumfield, www.cnn.com. January 9, 2013.

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• It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

  Mary Douglas

  Worry, Done, Recycling

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• A lot of young actresses have a hard time combining a reasonable love life with a career.

  Britt Ekland

  Love Life, Hard Times, Careers

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• If you were a medieval scholar reading a book, you knew that there was a reasonable likelihood you'd never see that particular text again, and so a high premium was placed on remembering what you read. You couldn't just pull a book off the shelf to consult it for a quote or an idea.

  Joshua Foer

  Book, Reading, Ideas

  Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.104, Penguin

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• For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.

  Barney Frank

  Welfare Programs, People, Effort

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• I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

  Stephen Fry

  Passion, Thinking

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• With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Success, Men, Tyrants

  William Lloyd Garrison, Walter McIntosh Merrill, Louis Ruchames (1971). “The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison: I will be heard, 1822-1835”, p.101, Harvard University Press

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• There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Malaria, World, Bills

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