Quotes about Reasonably

Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles. Votes: 3

A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably enough, Islam figures: Hey, why not us? Votes: 3

I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track. Votes: 1

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. Votes: 1

Golf is supposed to be fun, but I don't think anything is fun if you're not doing it reasonably well. Votes: 1

You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid statements. Votes: 1

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained. Votes: 1

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Votes: 1

Beating cancer is personal battle. It was one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far, and I think I did reasonably well. Touch wood. Votes: 1

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth. Votes: 1

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support. Votes: 1

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so. Votes: 1

Now, bipolar disorder, it goes on a spectrum. There's very severe conditions of it and there are milder ones. I'm lucky enough that it's reasonably mild in my case. Votes: 1

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. Votes: 1

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time. Votes: 1

I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful. Votes: 1

I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them. Votes: 1

Should slavery be abolished there, (and it is an event, which, from these circumstances, we may reasonably expect to be produced in time) let it be remembered, that the Quakers will have had the merit of its abolition. Votes: 1

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. Votes: 1

Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you're a hermit on a mountain, you don't have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you've got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities. Votes: 1

Capitalism is not about free competitive choices among people who are reasonably equal in their buying and selling of economic power, it is about concentrating capital, concentrating economic power in very few hands using that power to trash everyone who gets in their way. Votes: 1

Belize suits me because I'm active and I like diving. I learnt when I was 18, in Thailand, and I have dived in Vietnam, which wasn't great, the Red Sea, which was incredible and reasonably priced, and then the Maldives, which is like being submerged in an aquarium. Votes: 1

The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers. Votes: 1

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today. Votes: 1

In the United States, one of the main topics of academic political science is the study of attitudes and policy and their correlation. The study of attitudes is reasonably easy in the United States: heavily-polled society, pretty serious and accurate polls, and policy you can see, and you can compare them. Votes: 1

It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan. Votes: 1

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied. Votes: 1

My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride. Votes: 1

I'm a reasonably articulate individual. Votes: 0

I've always been reasonably fatalistic. Votes: 0

Overachievers don't think reasonably, sensibly, or rationally. Votes: 0

Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy. Votes: 0

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy. Votes: 0

The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth. Votes: 0

You can't dispute the ridiculous. You can't argue reasonably with evil. Votes: 0

I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy. Votes: 0

Most people are reasonable. That's why they only do reasonably well. Votes: 0

People like to help, providing they can do it reasonably easily Votes: 0

You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil. Votes: 0

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth. Votes: 0

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it. Votes: 0

Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait. Votes: 0

My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body. Votes: 0

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Votes: 0

Research is an organized method for keeping you reasonably dissatisfied with what you have. Votes: 0

Whatever claim you use to get attention, the advertisement should tell a story reasonably complete Votes: 0

Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. Votes: 0

Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. Votes: 0

Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in "˜The Iron Lady.' Votes: 0

Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men. Votes: 0

Real limitations can be reasonably challenged and expanded, but a hobbled mind is not going anywhere. Votes: 0

It's a good thing I'm a reasonably patient woman. Otherwise, I might have to kill you. Votes: 0

I would love to be on 'Top Gear' as a star in a reasonably priced car. Votes: 0

Plants want to grow; they are on your side as long as you are reasonably sensible. Votes: 0

Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding. Votes: 0

I think I've always been much better at responding kind of reasonably appropriately to whatever is required. Votes: 0

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. Votes: 0

I have, I think, afforded every opportunity that could be reasonably expected, to judge of my credibility. Votes: 0

Looks are deceiving, Risa saysAfter all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent. Votes: 0

Capitalism was reasonably content under Hitler, happy under Mussolini, very happy under Franco and delirious under General Pinochet. Votes: 0

A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably. Votes: 0

[B]eyond poverty, beyond the point that the material needs are reasonably satisfied, only from within is peace. Votes: 0

Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent. Votes: 0

I have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one. Votes: 0

Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be. Votes: 0

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least. Votes: 0

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine. Votes: 0

I`ve passed on a number of bills. I`ve studied the Constitution myself. I am reasonably well educated. Votes: 0

Limitations can be reasonably expanded. We are constantly challenging our limitations. But a hobbled mind is not going anywhere. Votes: 0

We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage. Votes: 0

My official field was Tudor-Stuart England; I also considered myself reasonably competent when it came to Renaissance and Reformation Europe. Votes: 0

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale. Votes: 0

Summer School: Never stop learnin' if you want to stop earnin'. I'm reasonably sure there G's in learning and earning. Votes: 0

London used to be reasonably priced, clean, and a decent place to live. These days it's polluted and utterly unbearable Votes: 0

I like to think I'm generally accessible, but I give readers the benefit of the doubt of being reasonably culturally-literate. Votes: 0

Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed. Votes: 0

I can't reasonably pretend to be a transparent and omniscient narrator who brings no personal perspective. That person doesn't exist. Votes: 0

Exotic: meaning you're "desired." For madness is seductive, sexy. Female madness. So long as the female is reasonably young and attractive. Votes: 0

Decision-making power, whether it's on foreign affairs or domestic affairs, is concentrated in the White House in a reasonably small circle. Votes: 0

Anything that prevents you from taking an action or actions that might reasonably dispel legitimate anxieties. Fear is what paralyzes you. Votes: 0

In general, drug companies are reasonably good at developing new treatments, and there's also a lot of good in the industry. Votes: 0

People often overestimate what they can reasonably achieve in a year. But they vastly underestimate what they can achieve in 5 years. Votes: 0

I think I would have been a reasonably good lawyer. I have a faculty for making sense of mountains of information. Votes: 0

There is nothing in anything that I have ever written that could be reasonably construed as an incitement to violence against anyone. Votes: 0

The government can reasonably rely on debt ratings when it forms programs to lend money to buyers of otherwise unattractive debt instruments. Votes: 0

It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can reasonably be expected of it. Votes: 0

If she just wanted to come home at night to eye candy with good hair, I could probably be that reasonably well. Votes: 0

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point Votes: 0

You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles Votes: 0

I propose getting rid of conventional armaments and replacing them with reasonably priced hydrogen bombs that will be distributed equally throughout the world. Votes: 0

You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication. Votes: 0

[...]my memory is reasonably good"”unlike yours, dear sir!" "Mine is erratic," he said imperturbably. "I remember only what interests me. Votes: 0

If we can reduce the risk of friction likely to lead to war, this is probably all we can reasonably hope to achieve. Votes: 0

There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can. Votes: 0

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience. Votes: 0

With body, mind, and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, what else could reasonably be expected other than an active, alert, disciplined person? Votes: 0

The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. Votes: 0

Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards. Votes: 0

According to any textbook on dynamic meteorology, one may reasonably conclude that in a warmer world, extratropical storminess and weather variability will actually decrease. Votes: 0

The explosion in the number of available personal services says a great deal about changing ideas of what we can reasonably expect from whom. Votes: 0

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free. Votes: 0

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV. Votes: 0

Faith in order, which is the basis of science, cannot reasonably be separated from faith in an Ordainer, which is the basis of religion. Votes: 0

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV. Votes: 0

They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun because it is not always noon. Votes: 0

I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book. Votes: 0

I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black. Votes: 0

One might reasonably wonder whether any amount of failed results would cause liberals to reevaluate the wisdom - and even fairness - of their proposals. Votes: 0

The experiment of poetry, as far as I am concerned, happens when the poem carries you beyond where you could have reasonably expected to go. Votes: 0

The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it. Votes: 0

New York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place for me. Votes: 0

In other words, the percentage change in book value in any given year is likely to be reasonably close to that year's change in intrinsic value. Votes: 0

I can be reasonably funny and light-hearted when I'm in the company of good friends, but I'm not a jokesmith. I tend to be quite serious. Votes: 0

Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new technologies at reasonably low prices. Votes: 0

That's the mistake people make - always searching for the perfect match, when they would be just as happy if they settled for somebody reasonably good. Votes: 0

"I hope, sir, that I will shoot your picture on your hundredth birthday." I don't see why not, young man. You look reasonably fit and healthy. Votes: 0

You may reasonably expect a man to walk a tightrope safely for ten minutes; it would be unreasonable to do so without accident for two hundred years. Votes: 0

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison. Votes: 0

In England the practice of "virtual" representation provided reasonably well for the actual representation of the major interests of the society, and it raised no widespread objection. Votes: 0

I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position. Votes: 0

Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement, and we were reasonably prosperous. Votes: 0

I think people who believe that life emerged naturalistically need to have a great deal more faith than people who reasonably infer that there's an Intelligent Designer. Votes: 0

If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed. Votes: 0

After going through years of litigation to get royalties due to him, the guy who coined the term 'happily ever after' lived reasonably well for a while. Votes: 0

I'm reasonably headstrong about what I believe in, and what I go for, and I've got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice. Votes: 0

I'm not that bothered about press nights as an actor or, particularly, by what people say about me, because I see myself as a reasonably small cog. Votes: 0

In particular, I established a reasonably accurate energy threshold for permanent displacement of a nucleus from its regular lattice position, substantially smaller than had been previously presumed. Votes: 0

The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Votes: 0

People are very afraid of any controversy. We've become very passive spectator types. And when the kids were protesting globilization - quite reasonably - they really got bashed. Votes: 0

The brain and its satellite glands have now been probed to the point where no particular site remains that can reasonably be supposed to harbor a nonphysical mind. Votes: 0

Pop culture used to be like LSD – different, eye-opening and reasonably dangerous. It's now like crack – isolating, wasteful and with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Votes: 0

If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be absolutely like a horse. Votes: 0

There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably expected to go. Votes: 0

For example, if every time you eat popcorn, one hour later you fart so hard that it inflates your socks, you can reasonably assume popcorn makes you gassy. Votes: 0

And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid"¦ Votes: 0

I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag? Votes: 0

I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the slightest idea of what is being done in their name, they would be utterly appalled. Votes: 0

When you have made a thorough and reasonably long effort, to understand a thing, and still feel puzzled by it, stop, you will only hurt yourself by going on. Votes: 0

When you look at the results on an after-fee, after-tax basis over reasonably long periods of time, there's almost no chance that you end up beating the index fund. Votes: 0

Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours. Votes: 0

If by reaction you mean critical reaction, I was confident that we were putting out a quality book [ Treachery]. So I was reasonably sure that we'd get positive notices. Votes: 0

Tod or Hank Wessel, Bill Dane, Paul McConough, Steve Shore. Robert Adams, for sure. I'm ready to see what they do.There's a lot of people working reasonably intelligently. Votes: 0

One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be extremely careful about such accusations. Votes: 0

As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. Votes: 0

I will stay living in Staffordshire. Other people would be moving offshore. I am reasonably happy to help support the British economy. I have done very well out of Britain. Votes: 0

I've done reasonably well over the last 10 years because I took the strategy of language and politics and applied it to the corporate world, which has never been done before. Votes: 0

I don't know how long I kept at it... I felt reasonably safe, streched out on the floor, and lay quite still. It didn't seem to be summer any more Votes: 0

I think of translations as passing some scholarly smell test: you can read the words of the translation and be reasonably sure of what the words are in the original. Votes: 0

I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job of a piece of fiction. Votes: 0

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction. Votes: 0

The mood, it is fair to say, was reasonably tense. As a result of the conclusion of the ballot, most members are happy that this matter has now been determined. Votes: 0

One could reasonably argue that the Turkish pogrom against the Armenians during World War I qualifies as a crime against humanity, as does the United States' ethnic cleansing of Native Americans. Votes: 0

Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels. Votes: 0

I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people. Votes: 0

After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable. Votes: 0

On the ground, our operations are in India. We believe we are in a country where the growth is still to be captured, so we will remain reasonably focused in this country. Votes: 0

by the general love of scandal and detraction in Dublin, one might reasonably imagine they were all to feed themselves through the holes which they had made in the characters of others. Votes: 0

There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which, we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect, the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself. Votes: 0

Yes, I'm a reasonably good self-taught historian of the 1930s and '40s. I've never wanted to write about another time or place. I wouldn't know what to say about contemporary society. Votes: 0

To really 'live,' that is to find life reasonably satisfying, you must have an adequate and realistic self-image that you can life with. You must find yourself acceptable to 'you.' Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of cameras. I'm reasonably interested in good gadgets and I'm amazed by what things can do. The quality of the GoPros and what they can do is amazing. Votes: 0

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it. Votes: 0

However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions. Votes: 0

The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the press and camera will report their exact dimensions. Votes: 0

There's a reasonable amount of traction in college education, particularly engineering, because quite a lot of that is privatized, so there is an incentive to set up new colleges of reasonably high quality. Votes: 0

I used to be a reasonably careless and adventurous person before I had children; now I am morbidly obsessed by seat-belts and constantly afraid that low-flying aircraft will drop on my children's school. Votes: 0

I've always thought of wholeness and integration as necessary myths. We're gragmented beings who cement ourselves together, but there are always cracks. Living with the cracks is part of being, well, reasonably healthy. Votes: 0

Place your stops at a point that, if reached, will reasonably indicate that the trade is wrong, not at a point determined primarily by the maximum dollar amount you are willing to lose Votes: 0

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded. Votes: 0

That reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct. Votes: 0

I enjoy popularisation and I think I'm reasonably good at it. I also think it's a duty. It's just so pedagogically stupid to forget how difficult one found these ideas oneself to begin with. Votes: 0

No new reader, however charitable, could open “Fifty Shades of Grey,” browse a few paragraphs, and reasonably conclude that the author was writing in her first language, or even her fourth. Votes: 0

Gold once out of the earth is no more due unto it; what was unreasonably committed to the ground, is reasonably resumed from it; let monuments and rich fabricks, not riches, adorn men's ashes. Votes: 0

I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future, so I want to be reasonably sure of what kind of future it's going to be. That is my reason for planning. Votes: 0

I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it. Votes: 0

I am growing to love DC.This [Washington] is a beautiful city. I think every citizen should come see their capital. A lot of the museums are free, there are restaurants that are reasonably priced. Votes: 0

Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence.... Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills. Votes: 0

A married woman has the same natural right to acquire and hold property, and to make all contracts that she is mentally competent to make reasonably, as has a married man, or any other man. Votes: 0

Life, in her experience, had a kind of velvet luster. You looked at yourself from one perspective and all you saw was weirdness. Move your head a little bit, though, and everything looked reasonably normal. Votes: 0

If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only imperil your own life, but you jeopardize the lives of others. Votes: 0

The Indians may have in their religion and culture a reverence for the land. But then they get into the pressures created by modern society. Unless they are reasonably well-educated, they can't deal with them. Votes: 0

The West believes that man and the universe are both complex and that the apparently discordant parts of each can be put into a reasonably workable arrangement with a little good will, patience, and experimentation. Votes: 0

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to say, a reasonable man may reasonably rejoice in its existence Votes: 0

We might as well reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by demand or supply. Votes: 0

A person who searched rooms, brandished pistols, dangled promises of half a million franc fees for nameless services and then wrote instructions to Polish spies might reasonably be regarded with suspicion. But suspicion of what? Votes: 0