The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
It is irrational to charge high prices for socially valuable innovations as this guarantees that they will be underutilized. It is much… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
It seems to be very hard for people to live with riddles or to let them live, although one would think that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Every attempt to employ mathematical methods in the study of chemical questions must be considered profoundly irrational and contrary to the spirit… — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
“Black(people) hold onto their God just as the drunken man holds on to the street lamp post—for physical support only.” — Tai Solarin Copy Share Image
I think it's ok to have wishes that conflict with each other - it's irrational to try to make them both come… — Nomy Arpaly 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
Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Never think that wars are irrational catastrophes: they happen when wrong ways of thinking and living bring about intolerable situations ... the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In this acausal world, scientists are helpless. Their predictions become postdictions- Their equations become justifications, their logic, illogic. Scientists turn reckless and… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Maybe she still was a pretty-head, making up irrational stories about the empty forest. The longer she stayed alone out here, the… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Distortions control my self-image, like they do for a lot of us. It's irrational. — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power,… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
Being a sports fan is a complex matter, in part irrational but not unworthy; a relief from the seriousness of the real… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
The mystery lies in the irrationality by which you make appearance - if it is not irrational, you make illustration. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
When I photograph, I try to use my instincts as much as possible. It is when pictures are unconsidered and irrational that… — Jacob Aue Sobol Copy Share Image
You are allowed to draw lines even if your feelings are irrational. Part of the marvelous business of being an adult human… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
For the emergent process, as noted by the geneticist Theodore Dobzhansky, is neither random nor determined but creative. Just as in human… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
These 3 topics will always generate 100+ comments of irrational/ridiculous people: Taxes, tipping, and spending on weddings. — Ramit Sethi Copy Share Image
