For if the proper study of mankind is man, it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial and… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Most people in Seoul don't care about the North's belligerent statements: The farther one is from the Korean Peninsula, the more one… — Andrei Lankov Copy Share Image
If you're afraid of something, face it. Fear is irrational. The only way to conquer your fear is to stand next to… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
“In the search for meaning we must not forget that the gods (or God, for that matter) are a concept of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of people are just really confused by me; they don’t know what to think of me, so they try to… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The most central and irrational faith among people is the faith in technology and economical growth. Its priests believe until their death… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Dilbert: Evolution must be true because it is a logical conclusion of the scientific method. Dogbert: But science is based on the… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes.… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Can't find a reason why God gave you to me. But that's not a question to be asked. May be question is… — Lisa Hoffman Copy Share Image
September 11 was a day of de-Enlightenment. Politics stood revealed as a veritable Walpurgis Night of the irrational. And such old, old… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
To me this question whether liberty is a good or a bad thing appears as irrational as the question whether fire is… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
“In the center of an irrational universe governed by an irrational Mind stands rational man.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Luck doesn't shine her light on each of us equally. She is arbitrary, irrational, unfair and sometimes downright cruel. — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
... it is because one can build a compelling set of arguments - informed by science and thoroughly compatible with it -… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
Great performers require a measure of confidence that would strike many as absurd, unfounded, and downright irrational. They believe in themselves utterly,… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
We should have to abandon our vested illusions, our irrational religions and patriotisms. — George Santayana 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
“It's a bit like sympathetic magic in a way: the usual Western presumption that 'primitive' rituals mimic what they desire to achieve--that… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
For the first time in history, men and women are seriously exploring the possibilities of relationships based on separateness rather than togetherness.… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
Who would seriously want to listen to anything emanating from a quasi-chimpanzee's irrational bundle of mental accidents and energies? — David A. Noebel Copy Share Image
Parenting is not logical. If it were, we would never have to read a book, never need a family therapist, and never… — Jeanne Elium Copy Share Image
