Quotes about Irrationality

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The reader who thinks that rationality does not require a definition should ponder the following: I'll give you a millio — Lakshman Krishnamurthi, Principles of Pricing: An Analytical Approach
We are betrayed by our maps of salience. They plot our narratives, identify our enemies and then coat them in distorting — Will Storr
It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert. — Duop Chak Wuol
It seems that life, in order to maintain itself, must revolt every so often against man's ceaseless attempts to master i — Otto Rank, Beyond Psychology
I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal wi — Yevgeny Zamyatin
No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful. — Theodosius Dobzhansky
The most important thing to remember about confronting an irrational person is that they are usually attributing an inac — Paul Colaianni, How to Deal with Irrational People: What to do When Common Sense Fails and "Crazy" Behavior Prevails
Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no par — Doug Stanhope
We do not admire, we hardly excuse, the fanatic who wrecks this world for love of the other. But what are we to say of t — G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard — Charles Brockden Brown, Somnambulism And Other Stories