--- title: "16 Explain Away Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Explain Away quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Explain Away sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/fred-alan-wolf-12886_attempting_that-s-sort-of-the-idea-that-if-we-in-at_2969526.png" --- > [That's sort of the idea that if we, in attempting to explain away that which is experienced, the experience itself is diminished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/that-s-sort-of-the-idea-that-if-we-in-attempting-to-explain-away-that/) [Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/fred-alan-wolf-12886_attempting_that-s-sort-of-the-idea-that-if-we-in-at_2969526.png) > [...one of those very bad men that not even postmodernism can explain away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/one-of-those-very-bad-men-that-not-even-postmodernism-can-explain-away/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/junot-diaz-531_explain_one-of-those-very-bad-men-that-not-even_696556.jpg) > [I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/i-never-made-a-mistake-in-my-life-at-least-never-one-that-i-couldn-t/) [Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/rudyard-kipling-527_failure_i-never-made-a-mistake-in-my-life-at-lea_2943100.png) > [Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-chance/calling-it-lunacy-makes-it-easier-to-explain-away-the-things-we-don-t/) [Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-chance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/megan-chance-8853_calling_calling-it-lunacy-makes-it-easier-to-exp_2020192.png) > [It's easy to explain away evil. We have a free choice, and our greatest blessing is also our greatest curse, because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/it-s-easy-to-explain-away-evil-we-have-a-free-choice-and-our-greatest/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/rick-warren-230_bad-choices_it-s-easy-to-explain-away-evil-we-have-a_521253.jpg) > [“Why do I do anything? I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/why-do-i-do-anything-i-m-educated-enough-to-talk-myself-out-of-any/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/chuck-palahniuk-37_dreams_why-do-i-do-anything-i-m-educated-enough_3225672.jpg) > [Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/why-do-i-do-anything-she-says-i-m-educated-enough-to-talk-myself-out/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/chuck-palahniuk-37_ambition_why-do-i-do-anything-she-says-i-m-educat_692909.jpg) > [To explain away the mystery of a great painting - if such a feat were possible - would do irreparable harm... If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-braque/to-explain-away-the-mystery-of-a-great-painting-if-such-a-feat-were/) [Georges Braque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-braque/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/georges-braque-8052_art_to-explain-away-the-mystery-of-a-great-p_245006.jpg) > [You can analyze all you want but you can never explain away the God factor. Sometimes God just decides to breathe on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-fraser/you-can-analyze-all-you-want-but-you-can-never-explain-away-the-god/) [Brooke Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-fraser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/brooke-fraser-19120_breathe_you-can-analyze-all-you-want-but-you-can_950425.jpg) > [Language, she said, was just our way to explain away the wonder and glory of the world. To deconstruct. To dismiss. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/language-she-said-was-just-our-way-to-explain-away-the-wonder-and/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/chuck-palahniuk-37_beautiful_language-she-said-was-just-our-way-to-ex_409210.jpg) > [A premature attempt to explain something that thrills you will destroy your perceptivity rather than increase it, because your tendency will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-land/a-premature-attempt-to-explain-something-that-thrills-you-will/) [Edwin Land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-land/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/edwin-land-7636_evidence_a-premature-attempt-to-explain-something_175870.png) > [“Failure to reach that bar is not something you can easily explain away. When it comes to other people, you can always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/failure-to-reach-that-bar-is-not-something-you-can-easily-explain/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/haruki-murakami-21_explanation_failure-to-reach-that-bar-is-not-somethi_534265.jpg) > [“Are you the owner of this car?" A cop has something you don't have, something you gave him earlier. "No, I'm just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/are-you-the-owner-of-this-car-a-cop-has-something-you-don-t-have/) [Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/douglas-woolf-24399_cop_are-you-the-owner-of-this-car-a-cop-has_2927770.jpg) > [There is no explanation you can give that will explain away all the sufferings and evil and torture and destruction and hunger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/there-is-no-explanation-you-can-give-that-will-explain-away-all-the/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/anthony-de-mello-1331_destruction_there-is-no-explanation-you-can-give-tha_2252517.jpg) > [“It’d be really easy to dismiss this as the ramblings of a morose kid who grew up to become an idol for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-b-truant/it-d-be-really-easy-to-dismiss-this-as-the-ramblings-of-a-morose-kid/) [Johnny B. Truant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-b-truant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/johnny-b-truant-13301_try-to-understand_it-d-be-really-easy-to-dismiss-this-as-t_1807721.jpg) > [“Because whenever anyone gets within a ten-foot radius of him, you go insane. Any time someone even dares to suggest there’s anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giselle-ellis/because-whenever-anyone-gets-within-a-ten-foot-radius-of-him-you-go/) [Giselle Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giselle-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/giselle-ellis-46959_life_because-whenever-anyone-gets-within-a-te_1446957.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/explain-away/#itemlist", "name": "Explain Away Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's sort of the idea that if we, in attempting to explain away that which is experienced, the experience itself is diminished.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Alan Wolf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/that-s-sort-of-the-idea-that-if-we-in-attempting-to-explain-away-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/fred-alan-wolf-12886_attempting_that-s-sort-of-the-idea-that-if-we-in-at_2969526.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/fred-alan-wolf-12886_attempting_that-s-sort-of-the-idea-that-if-we-in-at_2969526.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/fred-alan-wolf-12886_attempting_that-s-sort-of-the-idea-that-if-we-in-at_2969526.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's sort of the idea that if we, in attempting to explain away that which is experienced, the experience…” — Fred Alan Wolf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...one of those very bad men that not even postmodernism can explain away.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Junot Diaz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/one-of-those-very-bad-men-that-not-even-postmodernism-can-explain-away/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/junot-diaz-531_explain_one-of-those-very-bad-men-that-not-even_696556.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/junot-diaz-531_explain_one-of-those-very-bad-men-that-not-even_696556.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/junot-diaz-531_explain_one-of-those-very-bad-men-that-not-even_696556.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...one of those very bad men that not even postmodernism can explain away.” — Junot Diaz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rudyard Kipling" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/i-never-made-a-mistake-in-my-life-at-least-never-one-that-i-couldn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/rudyard-kipling-527_failure_i-never-made-a-mistake-in-my-life-at-lea_2943100.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/rudyard-kipling-527_failure_i-never-made-a-mistake-in-my-life-at-lea_2943100.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/rudyard-kipling-527_failure_i-never-made-a-mistake-in-my-life-at-lea_2943100.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.” — Rudyard Kipling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Megan Chance" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-chance/calling-it-lunacy-makes-it-easier-to-explain-away-the-things-we-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/megan-chance-8853_calling_calling-it-lunacy-makes-it-easier-to-exp_2020192.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/megan-chance-8853_calling_calling-it-lunacy-makes-it-easier-to-exp_2020192.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/megan-chance-8853_calling_calling-it-lunacy-makes-it-easier-to-exp_2020192.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.” — Megan Chance", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easy to explain away evil. 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Sometimes God just decides to breathe on something and it's completely His prerogative.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brooke Fraser" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-fraser/you-can-analyze-all-you-want-but-you-can-never-explain-away-the-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/brooke-fraser-19120_breathe_you-can-analyze-all-you-want-but-you-can_950425.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/brooke-fraser-19120_breathe_you-can-analyze-all-you-want-but-you-can_950425.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/brooke-fraser-19120_breathe_you-can-analyze-all-you-want-but-you-can_950425.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can analyze all you want but you can never explain away the God factor. 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