82 Irrational Quotes for You to Enjoy

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational. Hugh Mackay

Life Relationship People Nothing Relationships Complex Outcomes Uncertain Perfect Perfect Life Messy Irrational

When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant. Octavio Paz

Character Reality Hypocrisy Thinking Negation Consists Finds Disagreeable Also Because Affects Trait Irrational Repugnant Aspects

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis D. Brandeis

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. Scott Adams

Religion Better Nothing Unlikely Defines Willingness Dating Pursuit Principle Than Irrational Behind Things Humans Phenomenally

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom. George MacDonald

Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.' Gretchen Rubin

Logical Behavior Power Outcome Object Superstition Superstitious Between Most Irrational Influence Them Us Connection Belief

I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things? Philip Zimbardo

There's absolutely nothing irrational about me; insane, yes, irrational, no. But my dumbest fear would be spinning in the magic tea cups. Who the hell wants to pay to spin around like a bent yoyo for laughs? Akshay Kumar

Me Fear Nothing Tea Pay Hell Bent Insane Laughs Would Would-Be Spin Spinning Magic About Absolutely Absolutely Nothing Like Around Dumbest Yes Cups Irrational Wants Who

Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities. Dan Ariely

Smart Analytical Address Most Irrational Acknowledge Really Even Thinkers

Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all. Emil Cioran

Life Decision Futility Must Since Most Exist Irrational Then

Distortions control my self-image, like they do for a lot of us. It's irrational. Ron Perlman

Control Like Self-Image Lot Irrational Us

I think life's an irrational obsession. Sean Penn

Life Think Obsession Irrational

Hate is irrational. I am a rational person. Varg Vikernes

Hate Rational Am Person Irrational

I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants. Xavier Dolan

Work Time Great Become Lose Think Too Monsters I Think Tyrants Focused Spirals Having No Time Hysterical Irrational Egos Artists Where Themselves Requests Waste Disproportionate Actually

The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. A. N. Wilson

Hunger Insatiable Logic Fact Almost Irrational Cannot Us Awakens Satisfy

For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish. Adora Svitak

Time Me Behavior Signs Childish Every Other Every Time Kids Citizens Demands Like Make Frequent Occurrence Exhibit Normal American Irrational Any American Citizens Irresponsible Being Display

I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational. Barry Commoner

See No Reason Shirts Irrational Reason

Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble... to give way to hope, fear and greed. Benjamin Graham

Asking for a royally appointed prime minister is undemocratic. It is, pardon me, a mess. It is irrational. Bhumibol Adulyadej

Me Minister Pardon Prime Prime Minister Mess Irrational Asking Appointed

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