Around Quote by Daniel Kahneman

“We humans like to think we are creatures of reason. We aren't. The reality is that we make our decisions first and rationalize them…

— Scott Adams

Reason adapts impulses and beliefs into the real world; rationalization, on the other hand, adapts the concept of reality to the impulses and beliefs…

— Gordon Allport

We believe that we decide. We do make decisions. But the deeper decisions come from another part of our being that we're not particularly…

— Frederick Lenz

Most decisions are seat-of-the-pants judgments. You can create a rationale for anything. In the end, most decisions are based on intuition and faith.

— Nathan Myhrvold

“If you believe people use reason for the important decisions in life, you will go through life feeling confused and frustrated that others seem…

— Scott Adams

If I make a stupid decision but don't execute it because I'm, say, lazy, then I'm lucky, not rational. However, at other times a…

— Nomy Arpaly

Human rationality depends critically on sophisticated emotionality. It is only because our emotional brain works so well that our reasoning can work at all.

— Jonathan Haidt

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be…

— Neill Blomkamp

Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.

— Mason Cooley

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

— Anonymous

If we decide rightly what to do, or use a correct procedure for making such decisions, that has to be because the decisions or…

— Allen W. Wood

“Rationalization is what we do when we smooth over any insight that interferes with our good feelings. It's a way of making the unacceptable…

— Susan Forward