Irrational Quotes

377 quotes by 318 authors

I am bundle of nerves riddled with irrational fears. — Tori Spelling
The more irrational of us are worried about the millennium ending - as if a date would really matter. — Sting
I started in business journalism from the outside, so when I started writing about markets and business, I was struck by the fact that markets… — James Surowiecki
The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior… — Adora Svitak
Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood? — Judith Viorst
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories. — Margaret Walker
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. — A. N. Wilson
I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously. — Jeanette Winterson
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people… — Philip Zimbardo
When you're in the throes of this romantic love, it's overwhelming - you're out of control, you're irrational, you're going to the gym at 6… — Helen Fisher
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is… — John Locke
There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational- or in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don't. — Daniel Handler
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
I love the idea of bringing order out of disorder which is what the mystery is about. I like the way in which it affirms… — P.D. James
In a free society, one does not have to deal with those who are irrational. One is free to avoid them. — Ayn Rand
What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the irrational truth. It's… — George Saunders
My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that â€œdoesnâ€™t count,â€ i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic… — Ayn Rand
You'll think this is a bit silly, but I'm a bit--well, I have a thing about birds." "What, a phobia?" "Sort of." "Well, that's the… — Neil Gaiman
There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group. — Erich Fromm
Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other… — Robert A. Heinlein

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