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“So we invent reasons for the unreasonable. We are rationalists of the irrational. It”

— Joyce Carol Oates

“What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.”

— Thomas Henry Huxley

“our irrationality happens the same way, again and again. Whether we are acting as consumers, businesspeople, or policy makers, understanding how we are predictably…

— Dan Ariely

“It was not possible to reason with unreasonable people”

— Vince Flynn

“It may be laid down broadly that irrationalism, i.e. disbelief in objective fact, arises almost always from the desire to assert something for which…

— Bertrand Russell

“... insanity is never reasonable.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“Never ascribe to irrational benevolence what selfishness will explain.”

— Yoon Ha Lee

“To be rational is not the same as to be reasonable.”

— William Barrett

“If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person”

— Oscar Wilde

“It’s all well and good to have a mountain of psychological research detailing the different ways in which we routinely fail to think and…

— Joseph Heath

“if people begin by thinking rationally, the danger is that they may end by acting rationally also.”

— Grant Allen

“Reasonableness is the byproduct of a scientific mind.”

— Catherine Gilbert Murdock