Unfortunately, money is more often misused and abused than used intelligently. Most people haven't figured out how to use money wisely to… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
But you must still know to respect other people's faith.' 'Why? We don't respect any other delusion. We lock up people who… — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
If other people do not understand our behavior-so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
While the apostles of the new so-called "behavioral" theory present ample evidence of how often human beings make irrational financial decisions, it… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“In case you’re short on definitions, here’s one. Insanity: ‘Destroying the very things that sustain us.’ And if we’re so short-sighted so… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
What you really are afraid of is that you're competing against somebody who is rich and irrational. I mean, it used to… — John C. Malone Copy Share Image
What we need to understand is, one, that there are market failures; and two, that there are things like asset bubbles and… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
The idea of some contact of Donald Trump's office with the Russians to try to find areas of common ground is not… — Angus King Copy Share Image
It was odd, she thought, how if one was alone, one leant to inanimate things; trees, streams, flowers; felt they expressed one;… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure,… — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
At my years, and with my disposition, or rather, constitution, one gets to care less and less for everything except downright goodfeeling.… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
In our day the feeling of patriotism is an unnatural, irrational, and harmful feeling, and a cause of a great part of… — Leo Tolstoy 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
A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
As I'm writing, I start to see connections, and themes I didn't see, and that sparks other things. So then I go… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
For too long we have placed an irrational burden upon our oceans by demanding only a narrow selection of species, which has… — Barton Seaver Copy Share Image
“we don’t assume that people are perfectly sensible, calculating machines. Instead, we observe how people actually behave, and quite often our observations… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
My clinical psychologist wife of 40 years has always had a close intellectual influence on me. When I was beginning to talk… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“You had me believing that I was crazy. Every time I broke down over what seemed like nothing, it was you.’ Bade… — Moryah DeMott 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
It is not intuitive ease I am after, but rather a point of view which is sufficiently definite to clear up some… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll… — Plato Copy Share Image
I'm a Taurus, which sounds like the name of a pickup truck. I'd prefer to be born under the sign of the… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It's interesting sometimes to read about the last days of past civilizations. It's hard not to notice during these readings that those… — David Horowitz 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
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
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
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 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
Strong moral arguments exist for why we should often try to ignore stereotypes or override them. But we shouldn't assume they represent… — Paul Bloom 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
For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
It seems to me that [my films] are talking about very simple and, I hope, universal feelings. And at the same time,… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i.e., that I do not refer to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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