Logic Quotes

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Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to… — Douglas Adams
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. — Mark Twain
The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank… — Alfred Korzybski
It is now no mystery that some quite influential philosophers were mentally ill. — Alfred Korzybski
We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old philosophies, and that from them arise most of the… — Alfred Korzybski
A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class… — Alfred Korzybski
In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the… — Alfred Korzybski
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry… — Alfred Korzybski
If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which are not, and cannot be identical with themselves, the old… — Alfred Korzybski
A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight of evidence; for the battle-ax the force of logic; for… — Unknown Author
Logic is the anatomy of thought — John Locke
I am beyond logic and rationality. — Imelda Marcos
The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily… — Leon Trotsky
The dialectic is neither fiction nor mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily… — Leon Trotsky
The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among them, had even already analysed the most essential forms of… — Friedrich Engels
Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture is related to a still photograph. The motion picture does… — Leon Trotsky
Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic — Tryon Edwards
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudice, and motivated by… — Dale Carnegie
The truth shall never be unique nor will it be soundly logic. — Mariana Fulger

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