Rational Quotes

913 quotes by 671 authors

I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive… — Annabelle Selldorf
Cricket is not a rational sport in India, and we go overboard. — Harsha Bhogle
It is not rational to assume, without evidence, that rationality can disclose everything about the world, just because it can disclose some things. Our intuition… — Iain McGilchrist
If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care… — Irwin Redlener
There are so many different kinds of motivation for investing or giving or parting with your money in whatever other way, and plain old financial… — Jessica Jackley
I am a believer in Adam Smith, who says that if you look at something that really contributes value to society, and you can deliver… — David Cheriton
Science stands for rational thought, faith for superstition and unreason. — Deepak Chopra
Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to the… — Randy Schekman
To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be… — Stephen Hawking
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions. — Noam Chomsky
Most Jews, like most rational persons, know that their personal identity and their ethnic identity are not one and the same. — David Novak
Illegal immigrants make a rational choice when they decide to violate our immigration laws. They weigh the costs, including the risks of getting caught, against… — Jan C. Ting
Ever since the Enlightenment, people thought that we were living in a rational universe. They thought that God was a mathematician and that the function… — Eric Kandel
You start with the right amount of rational and emotional experiences. You have to blend those in your product when you come out. — Tony Fadell
I am nothing if not rational about what is worthy of my anxiety and what is not, and I refuse to live my life as… — Deborah Copaken Kogan
In the past, secularists sought to challenge dogma by the use of rational argument, claiming, for example, that miracles described in the Bible are scientifically… — Stephen Kinzer
When an entrant competitor attacks the low end of any market, the rational reaction of the incumbent firms is to abandon rather than defend it… — Clayton Christensen
The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to which we regard… — Michael Ignatieff
Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason. — Gail Sheehy
Human beings can remain spiritual and religious while enjoying the benefits of rational administration of their affairs. — Abdolkarim Soroush

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