Irrational Quotes

377 quotes by 318 authors

The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Homophobia: The irrational fear the three fags will break into your house and redecorate it against your will. — Tom Ammiano
While scholars are comparing and contrasting theories, debating intellectual questions, and dividing humankind into categories, the world is changed by persons with faith, spirit, emotion,… — Grey Owl
While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is on fire, it may be… — Derek Parfit
...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with lifelong histories of… — Don Kates
The more one studies paleontology, the more certain one becomes that evolution is based upon faith alone; exactly the same sort of faith which is… — Louis T. Moore
You must never stop dreaming. Face reality, yes. But don't stop with the way things are; dream of things as they ought to be. Dream… — Jesse Jackson
Can't find a reason why God gave you to me. But that's not a question to be asked. May be question is how did God… — Lisa Hoffman
How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values? — Alan Greenspan
The script changed so much over seven months and just had loads and loads of re-writes. I tried to tailor things to what I was… — Robert Pattinson
It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed… — Efim Geller
In our day the feeling of patriotism is an unnatural, irrational, and harmful feeling, and a cause of a great part of the ills from… — Leo Tolstoy
Capitalism may even be identical with the restraint, or at least a rational tempering, of this irrational impulse. But capitalism is identical with the restraint,… — Max Weber
But neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to survive in any… — Ayn Rand
Mark the babe not long accustomed to this breathing world; One that hath barely learned to shape a smile, though yet irrational of soul, to… — William Wordsworth
The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the… — May Sarton
Anytime that is â€˜betwixt and betweenâ€™ or transitional is the faeriesâ€™ favorite time. They inhabit transitional spaces: the bottom of the garden, existing in a… — Brian Froud
To believe in faeries is to step into an enchanted space where the rational mind meets the irrational heart, and all things become possible. — Brian Froud
So let's set the record straight. Faith is not the opposite of reason. The opposite of faith is unbelief. And reason is not the opposite… — Greg Koukl
My pictures are about everyday life combined with theatrical effect. I want them to feel outside of time, to take something routine and make it… — Gregory Crewdson

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