Rational Quotes

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I am devoting my lecture in this seminar to a discussion of the possibility that we are now entering a Jewish century, a time when… — Martin A. Siegel
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. — Simon Newcomb
If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do… — Barry Commoner
We consider it vital that the community of nations be drawn together in an orderly, disciplined, rational way to review the history of our global… — George H. W. Bush
How is it that we have created an economic system that tells us it is cheaper to destroy the earth and exhaust its people than… — Paul Hawken
The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational considerations in guessing… — Albert Einstein
I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people - the… — George Henry Borrow
Outside of the marriage context, can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying… — Sonia Sotomayor
Sex and excretion are reminders that anyone's claim to round-the-clock dignity is tenuous. The so-called rational animal has a desperate drive to pair up and… — Steven Pinker
Strings of coincidence can strengthen us in the determination to follow our deepest intuitions even when they run counter to conventional wisdom and logic and… — Robert Moss
As we enter the 21st Century it is clear that we have entered an unprecedented global age in which our diverse cultures, religions, philosophies, worldviews… — Ashok Gangadean
The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force is trying to… — Nick Yee
... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give the Treasury Department… — Josh Sugarmann
He had by now divested himself of schoolboy attitudes. He was unburdened by the desire to be a martyr or a hero. Any thoughts in… — Roland Huntford
It is science that brings us an understanding of the true complexity of natural systems. The insights from the science of ecology are teaching us… — Jamie Goode
I have yet to meet the famous Rational Economic Man theorists describe. Real people have always done inexplicable things from time to time, and they… — Charles S. Sanford, Jr.
Comedy mocks the vanity of visions of rational control. The person who can joke amidst a confrontation with evil, like the quick-witted Spider-Man, must be… — Peter Leithart
I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement,… — George Washington
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has… — Bernard Arnault
Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational and habitual preference for all objects that flatter the sense of taste. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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