Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. Votes: 3
W. Edwards DemingRational thought is interpretation according to a scheme which we cannot escape. Votes: 3
Friedrich NietzscheRational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions. Votes: 3
Noam ChomskyRational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. Votes: 3
Alister E. McGrathThe human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. Votes: 3
Adam WeishauptI never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking Votes: 2
Albert EinsteinA little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. Votes: 2
Eleanor RooseveltWith men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. Votes: 2
Jane AustenBeing a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing. Votes: 1
Michael ShermerWhile the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser. Votes: 1
Karl MarxWhen men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind. Votes: 1
Frederick DouglassThe being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. Votes: 1
Mary WollstonecraftBe able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. Votes: 1
Marilyn vos SavantOnly education, self-respect and rational qualities will uplift the down-trodden. Votes: 0
Periyar E.V. RamasamyGood fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. Votes: 0
William WycherleyPoetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. Votes: 0
Vladimir NabokovFaith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path. Votes: 0
Timothy KellerThere are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheKnowing where things are, and why, is essential to rational decision making Votes: 0
Jack DangermondThe rational and peacable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonBut the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have ! Votes: 0
Daniel GolemanWhat could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being? Votes: 0
Emmanuel LevinasTo my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational, Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingWe need conscious entertainment that engage and influence its consumer to rational thinking. Votes: 0
Unarine RamaruIndex funds are the only rational alternative for almost all mutual fund investors. Votes: 0
Mark HulbertRATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceYou can't 'work through worry and fear rationally,' because fear isn't rational! Votes: 0
Marianne WilliamsonThe ultimate solutions to problems are rational; the process of finding them is not. Votes: 0
J. P. GuilfordI urge a willingness to reserve a place in rational science for non-rational wonder. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinIt is only by participation in a rational, practice-based community that one becomes rational. Votes: 0
Alasdair MacIntyreThere is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world. Votes: 0
John Maynard KeynesOnly when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettYou cannot be a rational subject without veto-control on the level of mental action. Votes: 0
Thomas MetzingerA man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires. Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellI really don't have a problem with gay marriage... because I'm tolerant and rational. Votes: 0
David CrossOnce you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role. Votes: 0
Nicholas D. KristofThe darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art. Votes: 0
Theodor AdornoOpinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational Votes: 0
Ricky GervaisFischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever Votes: 0
Dave RegisWe led with our conviction rather than rational, because rational said it was impossible. Votes: 0
Daniel EkI've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives. Votes: 0
Kathryn HarrisonGood and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature Votes: 0
John LockeCan any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document? Votes: 0
Clarence DarrowAnything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. Votes: 0
Herbert SimonAnything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. Votes: 0
Herbert A. SimonTo the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable. Votes: 0
EpictetusI never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational. Votes: 0
Larry NivenReason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational. Votes: 0
Christian Friedrich HebbelEverything must be organized in the most rational way. The state won't accept excessive prices. Votes: 0
Vladimir PutinWho should know better than a cosmetician that human beings are less than rational creatures? Votes: 0
John BrunnerMathematical Analysis is... the true rational basis of the whole system of our positive knowledge. Votes: 0
Auguste ComteIt has a sound and rational circulating medium, a real and definite representative of wealth. Votes: 0
Josiah WarrenDisruption never helps your cause. It just looks like you're afraid to have rational discussion. Votes: 0
Barney FrankZen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive. Votes: 0
Tom HooverSettle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being. Votes: 0
Immanuel KantA moral person is one who constantly exercises, and acts on, his best rational judgment. Votes: 0
Barbara BrandenThere is no substantive, rational defense; I mean, the other side doesn't have a case. Votes: 0
Fred PhelpsThe more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. Votes: 0
George SantayanaA person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information Votes: 0
Robert AumannA rational nature admits of nothing but what is serviceable to the rest of mankind. Votes: 0
Marcus AureliusEach man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest. Votes: 0
Ayn RandWhat if I am wrong? Any rational investment plan has to start with that question. Votes: 0
Peter L. BernsteinTO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures. Votes: 0
Charles InglisAn Ego Mind is a destructive mind and a rational mind is a peaceful mind. Votes: 0
Charleston ParkerIf individuals are rational, there is no need to protect them against their own choices. Votes: 0
Daniel KahnemanWe cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong. Votes: 0
Roxane GayI contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies. Votes: 0
Oliver JamesDarwinism removed the whole idea of God as the creator from the sphere of rational discussion. Votes: 0
Julian HuxleyMore often than not, the only thing between you and your dream is a rational excuse. Votes: 0
Mark BattersonI've always wanted to make the world a more rational place. I'm still working on it. Votes: 0
Penn JilletteBooks choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieAs a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroHistory does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinBeing rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be. Votes: 0
Charlie MungerSkepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief. Votes: 0
William Pepperell Montague[My art is] capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the 'practical, rational world.' Votes: 0
Salvador DaliAt all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword. Votes: 0
Richard CobdenKant was a rational theologian. He did not pretend to be a biblical or revealed theologian. Votes: 0
Allen W. WoodI just don't understand why the idea of the universe creating itself is a rational one Votes: 0
Dennis PragerThe Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress. Votes: 0
Rodney StarkIf God is incomprehensible to man, it would seem rational never to think of Him at all. Votes: 0
Jean MeslierThe will to believe chases out the rational mind, whenever and wherever the two come into conflict. Votes: 0
Philip K. DickElinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Votes: 0
Jane AustenMan [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonMan is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe. Votes: 0
Anatole FranceToday, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful. Votes: 0
Oscar NiemeyerIt is sometimes rational to do what is wrong, and sometimes irrational to do what is right Votes: 0
Dennis PragerThrow in the towel right off the bat. Women argue in ways that aren't rational to men. Votes: 0
Nick LacheyElinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Votes: 0
Jane AustenWe are rational creatures: Our virtue and perfection is to love reason, or rather to love order. Votes: 0
Nicolas MalebrancheTo a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason. Votes: 0
Marcus AureliusIt might not be rational, but I am terrified of getting stuck in an elevator with a bear. Votes: 0
Dana GouldThe urge to escape our real self is also an urge to escape the rational and the obvious. Votes: 0
Eric HofferI think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here. Votes: 0
Robert Anton WilsonYou can't behave in a calm, rational manner. You've got to be out there on the lunatic fringe. Votes: 0
Jack WelchI realize they say we are 'wacko' and 'out there, but we are the most rational of all. Votes: 0
Brigitte BoisselierYou cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you. Votes: 0
Karl PopperHow can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions? Votes: 0
Mary WollstonecraftThere can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis. Votes: 0
Malcolm GladwellI'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre. Votes: 0
Gemma ChanYou cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water . Votes: 0
Periyar E.V. RamasamyThe only rational way of educating is to be an example. If one can't help it, a warning example. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinA person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan. Votes: 0
Adelbert von ChamissoThe most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life. Votes: 0
William HazlittWhen money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to. Votes: 0
George SorosA rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires. Votes: 0
Ayn RandOf all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal. Votes: 0
Anatole France