Irrationality Quotes

51 Irrationality quotes by 48 unique authors

Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in economics at the moment. Behavioural economics it's called, on the cusp of economics and psychology. — Evan Davis
I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My… — Jon Ronson
Reason is the shepherd trying to corral life's vast flock of wild irrationalities. — Paul Eldridge
I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality. — Irvin Kershner
The characteristic feature of the loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind's flaws, biases, contradictions, and irrationality - without exploiting them for fun and… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality -… — Richard Dawkins
I don't think you can rely on Iran. I don't think you can rely on other radicals like the Taliban. They dispatched Al Qaida to… — Benjamin Netanyahu
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I have lived lies. I have done it again and again. I live lies because I cannot endure the weakness of anger, and I cannot… — Anne Rice
Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. — Madeleine L'Engle
Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making… — Aldous Huxley
Conditions of thought, memory, and desire, persuaded by impulse and irrationality, are influenced as well by personal aesthetics and private meanings. — Kay Redfield Jamison
I stand four-square for reason, and object to what seems to me to be irrationality, whatever the source. If you are on my side in… — Isaac Asimov
A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others. — Ayn Rand
We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way. — Aldous Huxley
Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it sees the irrationality… — Iain Pears
Reality is, you know, the tip of an iceberg of irrationality that we've managed to drag ourselves up onto for a few panting moments before… — Terence McKenna
Madness was only a handicap only if you couldn't control its irrationalities. — Stuart Hill
Seas of blood have been shed for the sake of patriotism. One would expect the harm and irrationality of patriotism to be self-evident to everyone.… — Leo Tolstoy
We must have research for peace ... It would embrace the outstanding problems of morality. The time has come for man's intellect, his scientific method,… — Linus Pauling
What strikes the historian surveying anti-Semitism worldwide over more than two millennia is its fundamental irrationality. It seems to make no sense, any more than… — Paul Johnson
The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth abortions and… — Paul Bloom
It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm and vast energy. — Kay Redfield Jamison
I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world. — Marcia Gay Harden
Violence and irrationality were so long and thoroughly cultivated among the Irish, and so perfectly ingrained into their nature, that modern civilization has as yet… — Thomas Mellon

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