Reasonable

Famous quotes containing the word reasonable:

“A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

“It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“Look, we are all reasonable men here. We don’t have to give assurances, as if we were lawyers.”
—Mario Puzo (b. 1920)