Logical Quotes

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I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter — Johann Georg Hamann
In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessity;â€”in that of poets of amusementâ€”in that of the priest… — Jeremy Bentham
Racism is to the current era what unAmericanism was to the Fifties: a curse word that provides a handy substitute for logical thought. — Steve Sailer
Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events;… — Milan Kundera
All of the western world raises its children uncircumcised and it seems logical that, with the extent of health knowledge in those countries, such a… — C. Everett Koop
I would like the work to be non-work. This means that it would find its way beyond my preconceptions...It is the unknown quantity from which… — Eva Hesse
Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis. — Nelson DeMille
It seems that scientists are often attracted to beautiful theories in the way that insects are attracted to flowers â€” not by logical deduction, but… — Steven Weinberg
I don't know if 1300 players could really participate in the selection of a commissioner, and I've never given it a great deal of thought.… — Pete Rozelle
Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions. — Alvin Plantinga
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free… — A. R. Ammons
I am drawn to the wild not because it is wild but because it is sensible, logical, ordered, stable, resilient. Wild nature is everything we're… — Carl Safina
The gross debaucheries and atrocious cruelties are covered with a resplendent mental veil because of the systematic exposition of the philosophic principles in all fields… — Iwan Bloch
By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy — Francis Collins
Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action. — Joseph M. Juran
We cannot ultimately specify the grounds (either metaphysical or logical or empirical) upon which we hold that our knowledge is true. Being committed to such… — Michael Polanyi
Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me, they would draw… — Bruce Bartlett
Much of a behavior acceptable today would be socially offensive in a saner or more logical arrangement. — Jacque Fresco
I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra. — Gerry Mulligan
My "thinking" time was devoted mainly to activities that were essentially clerical or mechanical: searching, calculating, plotting, transforming, determining the logical or dynamic consequences of… — J. C. R. Licklider

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