Irrational Quotes

377 quotes by 318 authors

You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse. — Larry Wall
I've always been sceptical about the notion that the market is a person you can engage in an argument with, and that that person is… — Joseph Stiglitz
I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge… — Taylor Hanson
Fox opposes a Syria peace plan because its modus operandi is to foment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational contrarianism to Barack… — Jon Stewart
I understand and sympathize with the reasonable needs of a reasonable number of people on a finite continent. All life depends upon other life. But… — Edward Abbey
Only in the irrational and unknown direction can we come to wisdom again — Jack Parsons
Ridiculous as our market volatility might seem to an intelligent Martian, it is our reality and everyone loves to trot out the 'quote' attributed to… — Jeremy Grantham
Lawyers have a way of seeing that sets them apart from the rest of us. In some way this special vision makes them invaluable, and… — Thane Rosenbaum
Unfortunately, money is more often misused and abused than used intelligently. Most people haven't figured out how to use money wisely to truly enhance their… — Ernie J Zelinski
... it is because one can build a compelling set of arguments - informed by science and thoroughly compatible with it - that to believe… — Massimo Pigliucci
The nightmare of the Cold War was nuclear weapons in the hands of an irrational person. I don't want to live through that nightmare. — Rudy Giuliani
I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's… — Vera Farmiga
It's a completely irrational decision to drop out of school. — David Brooks
How did reason come into the world? As is fitting, in an irrational manner, by accident. One will have to guess at it as at… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built. — Erich Fromm
The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in social processes, as… — Thomas Sowell
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as… — Anthony Storr
Achieving success as an actor has not been easy for me. My biggest, probably most irrational complaint has been that I've had to work harder… — James Woods
Dare to be irrational! - keep free from formulas, open to any fresh impulse, fluid. — Edward Weston
I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead… — Taslima Nasrin

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