Irrational Quotes

377 quotes by 318 authors

Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people — Douglas Crockford
By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. Thereâ€™s no specific line,… — Leo Ornstein
Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and ignorance as to… — Ron Paul
In the search for character and commitment, we must rid ourselves of our inherited, even cherished biases and prejudices. Character, ability and intelligence are not… — J. Irwin Miller
Everyone declares that love is irrational, and yet everytime this statement is proven correct, they profess amazement. They seem to assume that love will make… — Jessica Zafra
The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into… — Randall Munroe
Rational thinking is an important aspect of human nature, but we have imagination, we have ambition, we have irrational fear, we are swayed by other… — Ha-Joon Chang
Gender, race, ethnicity â€“ these are all morally neutral. But homosexuality is â€“ involves voluntary sexual conduct with serious public health, social, sociological implications. Itâ€™s… — Scott Lively
PRONOIA: The irrational belief that people like you — Jon Winokur
We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us. — Thomas Merton
On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described… — Fred Hoyle
I can't with any conscience argue for New York with anyone. It's like Calcutta. But I love the city in an emotional, irrational way, like… — Woody Allen
I believe our concept of romantic love is irrational, impossible to fulfill and the cause of many broken homes. No human being can maintain that… — Rita Mae Brown
To the extent to which a man is rational, life is the premise directing his actions. To the extent to which he is irrational, the… — Ayn Rand
Many bodybuilders sell themselves short. Erroneously attributing their lack of satisfactory progress to a poverty of the requisite genetic traits, instead of to their irrational… — Mike Mentzer
Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused. — James Madison
I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naÃ¯ve - because art takes us and… — Toni Morrison
To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable. — Epictetus
If anyone gets in my way when I'm making a picture, I become irrational. I'm never sure what I am going to do, or sometimes… — Margaret Bourke-White
If other people do not understand our behavior-so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to… — Erich Fromm

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