The more irrational you make your opponent, the more control you have over him in the ring. — Roy Jones Jr Copy Share Image
Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
In a free society, one does not have to deal with those who are irrational. One is free to avoid them. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Dare to be irrational! - keep free from formulas, open to any fresh impulse, fluid. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
What good your beautiful proof on the transcendence of Pi: Why investigate such problems, given that irrational numbers do not even exist? — Leopold Kronecker Copy Share Image
Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of 'the… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Any irrational fears?no, i'm quite a rationalist. i'm not superstitious, i think life is too full of natural wonders and logical complexities… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
My pictures are about everyday life combined with theatrical effect. I want them to feel outside of time, to take something routine… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other. Independence… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
The love song must be born into the realm of the irrational, absurd, the distracted, the melancholic, the obsessive, the insane for… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
You cannot 'rationalize' what is not rational to begin with - as if lying were called 'truthization.' There is no way to… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“The irrationality of a thing is not an argument against its existence, rather, a condition of it,” he murmured, securing the buttons… — Rebecca Zanetti Copy Share Image
“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Don’t be afraid to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Your realm is an insane place. In Volaria, no-one goes hungry, slaves are no use when they starve. Those freeborn too lazy… — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“Of course you are. Emotions are totally irrational half the time." Her ice blue eyes lock onto me. "But you have full… — Kelley York Copy Share Image
Souls that have lived in virtue are in general happy, and when separated from the irrational part of their nature, and made… — Sallust Copy Share Image
“So that, upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even… — David Hume Copy Share Image
O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
I'm also looking for the psychological elements that fuel commodity culture. For example, if we imbue girls with deep insecurity about their… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
“The imagination, as a subset of the lesser “irrational,” has been rejected and devalued by our culture to the point that we… — Sandra Dennis Copy Share Image
It's irrational to assume you can ever truly evaluate yourself as a good or bad human being. You will never have enough… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as… — David Edward Copy Share Image
When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“We are human, we are irrational, we have foibles, and the power of the mind over the body is greater than anything… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
I believe our concept of romantic love is irrational, impossible to fulfill and the cause of many broken homes. No human being… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
God created the first pair equal in rights, possessions, and authority. He bequeathed the earth to them as a joint inheritance; gave… — Antoinette Brown Blackwell Copy Share Image
If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to subside into the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction:… — Lisa Tuttle Copy Share Image
