Quote by Erin O'Connor

Rationalization is not your friend.

— Michael FitzJohn

It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.

— Warren Buffett

I'm always quite rational.

— Edwin van der Sar

Rationalizing is wasteful. Rationalization, on the other hand, is critical.

— Jamie Timbre

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

— Ayn Rand

Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error.

— James Harvey Robinson

“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

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Rationalism is an attitude of readiness to listen to contrary arguments and to learn from experience... of admitting that "I may be wrong and…

— Karl Popper

We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization.

— Charles Colson

I am more human than rational.

— Karen Essex

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

— Karen Horney