Reason cannot show itself more reasonable than to cease reasoning on things above reason. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
“What is love, Mikayel? Isn't it the most irrational of all human emotions? And the one most forbidden?” — Christine Fonseca Copy Share Image
All that is real in human history becomes irrational in the process of time. — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
I'm going full circle here and be totally irrational and wish everyone a Happy Pi Day! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They did it for love, and sometimes love makes us do the irrational .. even the inexcusable. — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The nightmare of the Cold War was nuclear weapons in the hands of an irrational person. I don't want to live through… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
I think that a society cannot live without a certain number of irrational beliefs. They are protected from criticism and analysis because… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. There’s… — Leo Ornstein Copy Share Image
When we approach history, we are dealing with a conglomeration of irrational continua. Those who deal with history by nonrational processes are… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
To me, all human behavior is unpredictable and, considering man's frailty... and... the ramshackle universe he functions in, it's... all irrational. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
It is not man who is the enemy of the human species. It is the irrational; it is the spiritual when it… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The Euro is a conquest of sovereignty. It gives us a margin of manoeuvre. Its a tool to help us master globalisation… — Dominique Strauss-Kahn Copy Share Image
You cannot 'rationalize' what is not rational to begin with - as if lying were called 'truthization.' There is no way to… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“Your realm is an insane place. In Volaria, no-one goes hungry, slaves are no use when they starve. Those freeborn too lazy… — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Don’t be afraid to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's interesting sometimes to read about the last days of past civilizations. It's hard not to notice during these readings that those… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny.… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, Doc, my brother’s crazy. He thinks he’s a chicken. The doctor says, Well, why… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't want to be in a position that could make me vomit, like air travel. I've purloined airsick bags and stuffed… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
This isn't over," I said. "After everything we've been through, you don't get the right to brush me off. I'm not letting… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Man represses the irrational passions of destructiveness, hate, envy, revenge; he worships power, money, the sovereign state, the nation; while he pays… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Aestheticism and radicalism must lead us to jettison reason, and to replace it by a desperate hope for political miracles. This irrational… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
The script changed so much over seven months and just had loads and loads of re-writes. I tried to tailor things to… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To be sane, he held, was either to be sedated by melancholy or activated by hysteria, two responses which were 'always and… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
One of the things I did during my 17 years as a psychiatric social worker was go around and find people with… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
In its pure form, fascism is the sum total of all irrational reactions of the average human character. — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses. — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
An exotic and irrational entertainment, which has been always combated, and always has prevailed. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
