And then there is Pythagoras. The legend is that the founder of theoretical mathematics was so outraged when one of his students,… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing,… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless:… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained.… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Did it ever occur to you, that there is no conflict of interests among men, neither in business nor in trade nor… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are also people that still choose to support racist rhetoric because they feel white dominance in America is slipping through their… — Christian Picciolini Copy Share Image
The rational approach start from the idea that everything is explainable and that mystery is in some sense the enemy. This means… — Jeremy Narby Copy Share Image
Man is in need if a symbolical life- badly in need. We only live banal, ordinary, rational or irrational things- but we… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Seurat and Signac mixed paintings with the dry and abstract laws of science. This approach, in my opinion, usually strays from the… — Guity Novin Copy Share Image
Achieving success as an actor has not been easy for me. My biggest, probably most irrational complaint has been that I've had… — James Woods Copy Share Image
While I think in principle people should not have irrational beliefs, I should say that as a matter of fact, it is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“There's always a strange feeling you get when you come across one particular line by chance. It feels somehow significant. That's irrational… — Mark Forsyth Copy Share Image
We (the indivisible divinity that works in us) have dreamed the world . We have dreamed it resistant, mysterious, visible, ubiquitous in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
I chose the name Pi because it's an irrational number (one with no discernable pattern). Yet scientists use this irrational number to… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
My parents had irrational fears of Mexico and assumed that once you crossed the border, drug runners made you swallow a heroin… — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing,… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
This 'oh let's hug it out' without taking any responsibility is exactly the problem. ... We are not silly irrational little girls.… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
You may know that in India now the Tata car is becoming all the rage; you can buy it for one lakh… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
Our enemies may be irrational, even outright insane, driven by nationalism, religion, ethnicity or ideology. They do not fear the United States… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
