Very bad things follow when we kid ourselves that we're naturally rational, rather than the more humbling truth: naturally emotional. — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics. That's a dangerous slope, because the problem of course is you're… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
Zen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
How long did it take me to delimit this art? Twenty years! ... It was a laborious process, but a methodical and… — Joaquin Sorolla Copy Share Image
Physicists use 'God' as a metaphor more often than other scientists-- especially in popular writing, but in the technical literature as well.… — Taner Edis Copy Share Image
Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a life-long process — and the higher… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
There are ages in which the rational man and the intuitive man stand side by side, the one in fear of intuition,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, the left side has stood for the side of the unconscious or the unknown; the right side, by contrast,… — Jean Gebser Copy Share Image
He had by now divested himself of schoolboy attitudes. He was unburdened by the desire to be a martyr or a hero.… — Roland Huntford Copy Share Image
Thinking. A process by which I use my brain to make a rational decision. — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I often wish for the end of the wretched remnant of my life; and that wish is a rational one; but then… — Lord Chesterfield 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
While men define themselves by deeds, women simply "are" beauty, grace, faith and goodness. Men tend to be rational and objective, women… — Henry Makow Copy Share Image
I really don't have a problem with gay marriage... because I'm tolerant and rational. — David Cross Copy Share Image
The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force… — Nick Yee Copy Share Image
The oceans are the planet's last great living wilderness, man's only remaining frontier on earth, and perhaps his last chance to produce… — John L. Culliney Copy Share Image
Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing,… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Politicians are enormously smart and rational. They don't have the same interests as businessmen ... But a man rises to the top… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it. — Thomas J. Sargent Copy Share Image
Societies would _not_ be better off if everyone were like Mr Spock, all rationality and no emotion. Instead, a balance - a… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
