Acknowledge Quote by Dan Ariely

Most specifically, irrationality means that rational systems are unreasonable systems. By that I mean that they deny the basic humanity, the human reason, of…

— George Ritzer

“our irrationality happens the same way, again and again. Whether we are acting as consumers, businesspeople, or policy makers, understanding how we are predictably…

— Dan Ariely

If you simply announce that things are irrational, then that alone doesn't get you very far. You have to replace rational agents with some…

— Lars Peter Hansen

An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try.

— Jen Knox

Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs.

— PZ Myers

We must be both rational and intellectual, both analytic and imaginative, utilizing both statistics and insight.

— Lloyd

The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As an engineer, I learned that a long time ago: you don't want to get into a rational discussion about irrational subjects.

— Shahid Khan

“we don’t assume that people are perfectly sensible, calculating machines. Instead, we observe how people actually behave, and quite often our observations lead us…

— Dan Ariely

There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.

— I. J. Good

If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.

— Albert Ellis

I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world.

— Marcia Gay Harden