Animal Quote by Elliot Aronson

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal.

— Anonymous

“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

“When you deal with irrational animals, with things and circumstances, be generous and straightforward. You are rational; they are not.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“Human beings are rational creatures, in the descriptive though not always the normative sense of the word rational-and thus every impulse we form is…

— Margaret R. Graver

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason.

— Ashley Montagu

“Man is a rational animal. But that does not mean that he is a reasonable animal. It means only that he has reason, and…

— Frank Sheed

Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality.

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

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

“Animals are irrational men”

— Safir Kassim Booudjelal

“The only thing rational about man, the rational animal, is his ability to rationalize his own present position.”

— Allen MacDiarmid

“To be rational is not the same as to be reasonable.”

— William Barrett

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

— Anatole France