Rational Quotes

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It is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve virginity. Loss of virginity is rational increase, and there was never virgin got till… — William Shakespeare
What did it matter to me? Did I think that by making you rational about one thing, I could make you rational about everything? Maybe.… — David Levithan
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. How often have you been presented with an apparently rational… — Douglas Adams
If you were a sane woman, I would, of course, behave in a more rational fashion. Since you are a lunatic, however, this is the… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith. — Elizabeth Gilbert
I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated… — Ayn Rand
Our emotional mind will harness the rational mind to its purposes, for our feelings and reactions-- rationalizations-- justifying them in terms of the present moment,… — Daniel Goleman
I should have thought of this years ago. But that was the problem with being sane. Sane people played by the rules. They looked for… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind. — Albert Einstein
Our mania for rational explanations obviously has its roots in our fear of metaphysics, for the two were always hostile brothers. Hence, anything unexpected that… — Carl Jung
I donâ€™t like the idea of â€œunderstandingâ€ a film. I donâ€™t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work… — Federico Fellini
And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all. — Neal Stephenson
A society which discards those who are weak and non-productive risks exaggerating the development of reason, organisation, aggression and the desire to dominate. It becomes… — Jean Vanier
I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational. — Dean Koontz
Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent… — Richard John Neuhaus
Hannibal Lecter: We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any… — Thomas Harris
Meaning lies in the confrontation of contradiction - the coincidencia apositorum. Thatâ€™s what we really feel, not these rational schemes that are constantly beating us… — Terence McKenna
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.… — Albert Ellis
Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything he needed, just a few miles away on… — Michael Grant
Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in… — Margaret Atwood

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