Animal Quote by Bertrand Russell

Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in…

— Bertrand Russell

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

— Bertrand Russell

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

— Anatole France

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal.

— Anonymous

I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but…

— Oscar Wilde

Man is much more than a 'rational being' and lives more by sympathies and impressions than by conclusions. It darkens his eyes and dries…

— Woodrow Wilson

“Animals are irrational men”

— Safir Kassim Booudjelal

Man is many things, but he is not rational.

— Oscar Wilde

“The only thing rational about man, the rational animal, is his ability to rationalize his own present position.”

— Allen MacDiarmid

To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on…

— Rex Stout

Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not…

— Ai Weiwei

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute.

— Mark Twain