When the logician ceases use of his logic; his reasoning becomes unreasonable. — Andrew Cervantes Copy Share Image
People in good moods are better at inductive reasoning and creative problem solving. — Peter Salovey Copy Share Image
Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Being is the soul of every concept, of every judgment and of every reasoning. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Many people have the reasoning facility, but no one uses it in religious matters. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Kant thinks of judgment as a special faculty or talent of the mind, not reducible to discursive reasoning but cultivated through experience… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
It is well known that the central problem of the whole of modern mathematics is the study of transcendental functions defined by… — Felix Klein Copy Share Image
Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and… — Roy Romer Copy Share Image
If plants could be credited with reasoning powers, we would marvel at the imaginative ways they bribe or ensnare other creatures to… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
We cannot predict the effects of our actions, especially our collective actions over generations or centuries, to use instrumental reasoning toward these… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
A saving knowledge of Christ crucified and risen is not the mere result of right reasoning about historical facts. It is the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“With great abilities come great responsibilities; great power comes with great assignments. With great age comes great reasoning; great actions come great… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If a person is A) poorly, B) receives treatment intended to make him better, and C) gets better, then no power of… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Wherever the human mind is healthy and vigorous in all its proportions, great in imagination and emotion no less than in intellect,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
My assumption was that all indigenous architecture would be more fractal. My reasoning was that all indigenous architecture tends to be organized… — Ron Eglash Copy Share Image
The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis, but first of all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Circular reasoning is infallible even if not exactly logical, and this is why so many of us so often resort to it—not… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“All right,” she said. “Inductive reasoning. It’s what those so-called detectives on CSI, SVU, LMNOP and all the rest of them call… — Joe Ide Copy Share Image
We find sects and parties in most branches of science; and disputes which are carried on from age to age, without being… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
“What is reasoning ? It is the result of doing away with the vital distinction which separates subjectivity and objectivity. As a… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most remarkable thing I found about the Bible was how flexible it is. Here we have a book written 3,000… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
“Memorization has gotten a bad rap recently. Lots of students, and even some educators, say that being able to reason is more… — Stefanie Weisman Copy Share Image
I can't describe it in words, but I can see it in my head, its color, its light, its shapes, and I've… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
Why Do We Procrastinate? P - postponing life R - resisting change O - overly cautious C - contemplating course of action… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
When gratitude has become a matter of reasoning there are many ways of escaping from its bonds. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I am most heartened when I'm talking to a team when they're reasoning to each other. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The amount of respect any idea deserves is revealed by the verifiable facts it contains.” — C.A.A. Savastano Copy Share Image
Why not? Why not?Why not not, then, if the best reasoning you can contrive is why not? — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Heaven is angered by my arrogance; my proof [of the four-color theorem] is also defective. — Hermann Minkowski Copy Share Image
“Any scripture that demands irrefutable obedience must be discarded at once.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image