Rational Quotes
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I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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The soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it be assumed that there are two rational faculties, one whereby we contemplate those things whose first principles are invariable, and one whereby we contemplate those things which admit of variation.
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Sometimes fear is wholesome and rational; it is well to swing fear as a mighty battle-axe over men's heads when no other motive will move them.
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A truly rational theory would allow us to deduce the elementary particles and not be forced to state them a priori.
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In some ways we live in a world where things appear to be very logical, very rational, and mechanical aspects of our world are rather scientific and rather straightforward.
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We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.
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Man is many things, but he is not rational.
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Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational, and habitual preference for all objects which flatter the sense of taste.
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You can't 'work through worry and fear rationally,' because fear isn't rational!
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Everything must be organized in the most rational way. The state won't accept excessive prices.
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Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
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Man is essentially a rational being. His basic urge is not to believe, but to question, to know.
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Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.
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I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.
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The only rational way of educating is to be an example. If one can't help it, a warning example.
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The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But steel and chromium surfaces are not satisfactory from the human point of view.
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The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.
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You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in.
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I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.
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The ancients considered mechanics in a twofold respect: as rational, which proceeds accurately by demonstration, and practical. To practical mechanics all the manual arts belong, from which mechanics took its name.
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We should exterminate all rational thought.
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I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
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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.
