- Nov 07, 2020
Reasonable Quotes
What counts as reasonable, across money, politics, and life.
These reasonable quotes look at how society defines fairness, from marriage and social support to what a moderate political stance should look like. See our Advice quotes for related perspectives.
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- Income
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe, that this is also a reasonable explanation for why the universe is complex.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.
- Physics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was not an especially diligent student but nevertheless obtained a reasonable education in physics.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The costs of marriage breakdown are borne by the entire society, and therefore it is reasonable for the entire society to demand support for marriage - to insist that it is privileged both culturally and legally.
- Machine
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me - any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail.
- Criterion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the country's indebtedness is so colossal and where the budget deficit is so huge, there is a moral obligation on people to pay their fair and reasonable dues.
- Physique
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- Nov 07, 2020