Rational Quotes

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What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief… — Austin Farrer
Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice-and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal… — John Galt
Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life. — Jimmy Wales
Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. — Alister E. McGrath
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
The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones. — Bill Forsyth
From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the… — Leon Jouhaux
Water creates a neurosis in golfers. The very thought of this harmless fluid robs them of their normal powers of rational thought, turns their legs… — Peter Dobereiner
It is only by the rational use of technology; to control and guide what technology is doing; that we can keep any hopes of a… — Carrie Snow
More often than not, in order to find truth, a wise man must suffer the ravings of the insane. There is no undiscovered truth to… — Derek R. Audette
There has got to be a point that exists somewhere, when a rational person just has to shake his head and say: 'You know what?… — Derek R. Audette
You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back… — M. Night Shyamalan
There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker can feel himself lonely, most positively furthered, and most richly… — William James
Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be, and similarly everything that depends on art or… — Aristotle
Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that… — Oscar Wilde
We live in a time which has created the art of the absurd. It is our art. It contains happenings, Pop art, camp, a theater… — Norman Mailer
In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you had known in your childhood: that spirit of eagerness, adventure… — Ayn Rand
Productive work is the central purpose of a rational man's life, the central value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all his other values.… — Ayn Rand
When art seems to be empty of meaning, as no doubt some of the abstract painting of our own day actually does seem, what the… — Lewis Mumford

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