--- title: "4 Irrational Quotes By Rowan Atkinson" description: "4 Irrational quotes by Rowan Atkinson. Plus more from Rowan Atkinson and more Irrational sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/rowan-atkinson-3883_criticise_to-criticise-a-person-for-their-race-is_145812.png" --- > [To criticise a person for their race is a manifestly irrational and ridiculous. But to criticise their religion - that is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/to-criticise-a-person-for-their-race-is-a-manifestly-irrational-and/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/rowan-atkinson-3883_criticise_to-criticise-a-person-for-their-race-is_145812.png) > [To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/to-criticize-a-person-for-their-race-is-manifestly-irrational-and-2/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/rowan-atkinson-3883_belief_to-criticize-a-person-for-their-race-is_540778.png) > [To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/to-criticize-a-person-for-their-race-is-manifestly-irrational-and-3/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/rowan-atkinson-3883_criticize_to-criticize-a-person-for-their-race-is_1070132.png) > [What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/what-is-wrong-with-inciting-intense-dislike-of-a-religion-if-the/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/rowan-atkinson-3883_abusive_what-is-wrong-with-inciting-intense-disl_2310832.png) ## Other authors on Irrational - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/ayn-rand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erich-fromm-33632.jpg) Erich Fromm 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/erich-fromm/) - [Aristotle 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-ellis-10499.jpg) Albert Ellis 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/albert-ellis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-ariely-26126.jpg) Dan Ariely 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/dan-ariely/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-popper-55250.jpg) Karl Popper 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/karl-popper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/christopher-hitchens/) ## More by Rowan Atkinson > [Without wanting to claim that I'm really like James Bond I would certainly prefer to be thought of as closer to James Bond than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/without-wanting-to-claim-that-i-m-really-like-james-bond-i-would/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/get-that-right-then-if-you-get-the-quality-right-then-the/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/funny-things-tend-not-to-happen-to-me-i-am-not-a-natural-comic-i-need/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/nope-i-don-t-enjoy-work-generally-not-because-i-m-lazy-it-s-just-all/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [A law which attempts to say you can criticise and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/a-law-which-attempts-to-say-you-can-criticise-and-ridicule-ideas-as/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/the-path-of-my-life-is-strewn-with-cow-pats-from-the-devil-s-own/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [I would never be a television presenter. It's not something I could ever do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/i-would-never-be-a-television-presenter-it-s-not-something-i-could/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [To criticise a person for their race is a manifestly irrational and ridiculous. But to criticise their religion - that is a right. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/to-criticise-a-person-for-their-race-is-a-manifestly-irrational-and/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/but-i-always-feel-that-whatever-i-do-i-could-do-better-i-suppose-it/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/apart-from-the-fact-that-your-physical-ability-starts-to-decline-i/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [“To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/to-criticize-a-person-for-their-race-is-manifestly-irrational-and/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/but-actually-so-many-of-the-clerics-that-i-ve-met-particularly-the/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [I'm not really a writer, so my main problem always is finding the writing talent to write something of the caliber that you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/i-m-not-really-a-writer-so-my-main-problem-always-is-finding-the/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/i-m-not-a-collector-i-don-t-like-the-toy-cupboard-syndrome-that/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) > [If you're a serious actor, it's when you know you're going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/if-you-re-a-serious-actor-it-s-when-you-know-you-re-going-to-die/) [Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/rowan-atkinson/#itemlist", "name": "4 Irrational Quotes By Rowan Atkinson", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To criticise a person for their race is a manifestly irrational and ridiculous. 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