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Rationality Quotes

You don't have to believe everything you think.

FaceBook post by Erykah Badu from Jan 28, 2014

In general, we’re least aware of what our minds do best.

Marvin Minsky (1988). “Society Of Mind”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.

Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.163, John Wiley & Sons

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.172, Penguin

Rationality will not save us.

Robert S. McNamara (2004). “Official Teacher's Guide for The Fog of War: An Errol Morris Film”

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

"History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXX, section 30,

To advocate irrationality is to advocate that which is destructive to human life.

George H. Smith (2010). “Atheism: The Case Against God”, p.10, Prometheus Books

Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.

Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

Your trust in rationality makes you irrational.

Orson Scott Card (2009). “Children of the Mind”, p.78, Macmillan