Many of her thoughts were perfect syllogisms; unluckily they always remained thoughts. Only a few were irrational assumptions; but, unfortunately, they were… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
How did reason come into the world? As is fitting, in an irrational manner, by accident. One will have to guess at… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we… — Rita Mae Brown 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
Achieving success as an actor has not been easy for me. My biggest, probably most irrational complaint has been that I've had… — James Woods Copy Share Image
There are real threats but there's a difference between recognizing real threats and an irrational kind of apocalyptic threat. — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own throat. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One may rationally stick to a degenerating research programme until it is overtaken by a rival and even after. What one must… — Imre Lakatos Copy Share Image
As for me, you wonder why I am a socialist. I'll tell you. It is because socialism is inevitable; because the present… — Jack London Copy Share Image
It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where… — Efim Geller Copy Share Image
When irrational terror takes to itself the fiat of moral goodness somebody has to die. ... No man lives who has not… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
We have this highly irrational system of incentivizing innovation for clean and green technologies, where we allow the innovator to have a… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral… — Margaret Walker 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
God has given us the fascination and mystery of irrational numbers, as one aspect of a rich world — Vern Poythress Copy Share Image
The authority of science promotes and encourages the activity of observing, comparing, measuring and ordering the physical characteristics of human bodies. Cartesian… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Life, from beginning to end, is fear. Yes, it is pain, yes, it is desire, but more than anything it is fear;… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
The core of the Marxist critique of capitalism is that although the individual capitalist is rational (as liberals assume), the capitalist system… — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to say, Be true to your values. But what if your values are irrational? Or what if the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
