Reasonable

Famous quotes containing the word reasonable:

“Titania. What, wilt thou hear some music, my sweet love?
Bottom. I have a reasonable good ear in music. Let’s have the tongs and the bones.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“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)

“Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take one step at a time, get a good foothold in it and advance carefully.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)