Rational Quote by John Maynard Keynes

“[People] will do the rational thing, but only after exploring all other alternatives.”

— John Maynard Keynes

“if people begin by thinking rationally, the danger is that they may end by acting rationally also.”

— Grant Allen

“Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.”

— Scott Adams

“We are all very good at rationalizing our actions so that they are in line with our selfish motives.”

— Dan Ariely

“It makes a lot of sense, which makes me suspect it is a call for revolution wrapped in the clothing of rationality.”

— Veronica Roth

“Everything alters, yet does remain the same. It might even improve matters.”

— Anthony Powell

“(...) rationality is a very narrowly restricted skill.”

— Noam Chomsky

“Rationalization is foreplay with one's conscience.”

— Doug Cooper

“We violate the innocence of things in the name of rationality so we can wander about, uninterrupted, in our search for passion and sentiment.”

— Marlena De Blasi

“There is a rational explanation for everything, regardless of whether that explanation is known.”

— Koda

“Never ascribe to irrational benevolence what selfishness will explain.”

— Yoon Ha Lee

“I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.”

— Charles Darwin