Famous quotes containing the words reasonable, time and/or lines:
“Call them rules or call them limits, good ones, I believe, have this in common: They serve reasonable purposes; they are practical and within a childs capability; they are consistent; and they are an expression of loving concern.”
—Fred Rogers (20th century)
“Every time we get near the land you get that look on your face. When a man goes to sea, he ought to give up thinking about things on shore. Land dont want him no more. Ive had me share of things go wrong and all come from the land. Now Im through with the land and the lands through with me.”
—Dudley Nichols (18951960)
“The opera isnt over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.
A modern proverb along the lines of dont count your chickens before theyre hatched. This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartletts Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)