Rational Quotes

If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.

In a dream it's typical not to be rational.

What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?

Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.

What counts as rational argumentation is as historically determined and as context-dependent, as what counts as good French.

You have to have a lot of passion for what you do... because if you don't, any rational person would give up.

Without passion, any rational person would give up!

I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your doing, not mine.

A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.

Refuse any image that could have a rational meaning or any memory or culture

Darwinism removed the whole idea of God as the creator from the sphere of rational discussion.

Mathematical Analysis is... the true rational basis of the whole system of our positive knowledge.

It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.

If God is incomprehensible to man, it would seem rational never to think of Him at all.

Effective altruism is the form of altruism in which we bring our rational capacities to bear in order to do the most good that we can.

Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life.

Happiness, though an indefinite concept, is the goal of all rational beings

We have a high moral responsibility to be rational

I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies.

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational

Gardening is not a rational act.

When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.

I get rational when I panic.

We should exterminate all rational thought.

You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you.

Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile.

-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.

What if I am wrong? Any rational investment plan has to start with that question.

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

When incredulity becomes a faith, it is less rational than a religion.

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

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

More often than not, the only thing between you and your dream is a rational excuse.

The world is not a rational place.

If you were a sane woman, I would, of course, behave in a more rational fashion. Since you are a lunatic, however, this is the only way.

Painting quickly is a calculated act to block out rational thought.

Man is many things, but he is not rational.

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.

I just don't understand why the idea of the universe creating itself is a rational one

Better a superstitious believer than a rational unbeliever.

Being so rational, we have created a very simple version of ourselves.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.