“Your explanation is good, but your herring doesn't fry, as we say in Ramaldah," he exploded.” — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
“To recklessly excuse a failure is to believe that I’ve effectively erased it from the story of my life, when I’ve actually… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Your theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
“It wasn't uncommon to hear rationalizations of this sort--the longing to transform bad deeds into good ones. No one ever wanted to… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“From the Fatwa and Rationalizatons Committee, on the Fifth Day of this Venerable Month: In light of its meeting today, the Committee… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
“Of course, that rationalization didn't work at all. It would have helped if I'd had some Oreo cookie ice cream to eat… — Lee Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Rationalizing is not a tool for penetration of reality but a post-factum attempt to harmonize one's own wishes with existing reality.” — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“There's never been an act done since the beginning, from a kid stealing candy to a dictator committing genocide, that the person… — Leigh Brackett Copy Share Image
“Some wanted to know where they could find girls, wanted us to get Negro girls for them. We learned to spot these… — John Howard Griffin Copy Share Image
“...[R]eason issues its commands unyieldingly, without promising anything to the inclinations, and, as it were, with disregard and contempt for these claims,… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“Has it not ‘dawned’ on us that many of the things that we incessantly blame others for are actually things that our… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I didn't know that empty rationalization was part of your programming," said Ram. "We would not be fit companions for human beings… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
“We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits.” — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, we need little lies to save our pride. And sometimes we need big lies to save our souls.” — Bettie Sharpe Copy Share Image
“... We [can't] escape the influence of sin in the world, but [do] we have to pay money to see and hear… — Chris Heimerdinger Copy Share Image
“The human brain can protect us from seeing and feeling what it believes may be too uncomfortable for us to tolerate. It… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
“Thomas was like a drug, so smooth and overwhelming that he took one up a level in their emotions just by watching… — Sara Niles Copy Share Image
“If now we attend to ourselves on occasion of any transgression of duty, we shall find that we in fact do not… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“When I was a young philosopher, I asked a senior colleague, Pat Suppes (then and now a famous philosopher of science and… — John R. Perry Copy Share Image
“The chaplain had sinned, and it was good. Common sense told him that telling lies and defecting from duty were sins. On… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
