Rational Quotes

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Most investors give too much credence to the theory that prices are rational; they presume that a market collapse must have been justified by serious… — Kenneth Fisher
Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing. — Barry Ritholtz
Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common… — Norman Finkelstein
I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your creativity - you can feed it with content, with… — Ze Frank
I did a lot of work without thinking about it in a calm, rational way. Stopping and thinking about what I was doing made my… — Bill Callahan
We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong. — Roxane Gay
Faith is not a rational thing, and yet to understand the universe, rationality alone will not give it to us. Our understanding of the universe… — John Rhys-Davies
First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker. — Andrew Bernstein
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders. — Steve Allen
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. — Orson Welles
There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say… — Hannes Alfven
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be rational human beings;… — William Blum
Throughout the whole vegetable, sensible, and rational world, whatever makes progress towards maturity, as soon as it has passed that point, begins to verge towards… — Robert Blair
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. — Herbert Simon
Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular… — Thomas Kuhn
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest… — William Kirby
Lucas attended a conference on rational expectations at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1973. The day after the conference, I received a… — Thomas J. Sargent
But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard. — Frederick Pollock
Because some people have sex with people of the same sex, an entire culture has been created, broadly speaking, out of oppression. Which in a… — Neil Tennant

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