Advertising Quote by Ha-Joon Chang

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Thinking. A process by which I use my brain to make a rational decision.

— Becca Fitzpatrick

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

“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

If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't…

— Kit Williams

Seducing ourselves, our own self-delusions, the things we think we want but we really don't. Advertising in America is when we are sold our…

— Iris Smyles

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the…

— Albert Ellis

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

— Ayn Rand

Abstract thinking leads to greater creativity... But in our businesses and our lives, we often do the opposite. We intensify our focus rather than…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Appealing to our subconscious emotions rather than our conscious intellects, advertisements are designed to exploit the discontentments fostered by the American dream, the constant…

— Sonia Maasik

Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith,…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Thinking is the desire to gain reality by means of ideas.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset