People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection. Albert Ellis American Psychologist More Albert Ellis Quotes 1
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German Philosopher More Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes 0
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within. Robert Dale Owen Scottish Politician More Robert Dale Owen Quotes 0
Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. Herbert Simon American Scientist More Herbert Simon Quotes 0
If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share. Virginia Woolf British Author More Virginia Woolf Quotes 0
That's how we figured out if they were behaving rationally or not. Did they pick according to all the information they had previously? Brian Knutson More Brian Knutson Quotes 0
Senator Salazar believes punitive measures that are spiteful and petty and don't do anything to rationally reform our national immigration laws are counterproductive. Cody Wertz More Cody Wertz Quotes 0
Eighty dollars is a 'wow' number ? I don't think there's any way J&J can rationally compete with that. David Heupel More David Heupel Quotes 0
The market seems to be reacting rationally. In panic selling, all the shares would be hit, but the bank counters are up. Ernie Hon More Ernie Hon Quotes 0
When I sit back and think a little more rationally, I realize my life is half, so I must learn to do things halfway. I just have to learn to try to be good at being a half a person ... and get on with my life. Jerry Lewis American Comedian More Jerry Lewis Quotes 0
I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However, this is not entirely a matter of joy as if someone returned from physical disability to good physical health. John Nash More John Nash Quotes 0
It is not our place to second-guess the wisdom of a statute that is rationally related to a legitimate state interest, contentious though that statute may be. Justice Rita Garman More Justice Rita Garman Quotes 0
I can't rationally justify it other than to say I think it is consistent with her dignity that somebody do that. Julian Gardner More Julian Gardner Quotes 0
If one only concentrated upon monetary policy, one could rationally conclude that both stocks and bonds would be crushed. Kent Engelke More Kent Engelke Quotes 0
Rationally, people understand what is happening, but the team and job they love is breaking up. Their grief is about loss - losing a team, an environment, a secure income. Paul Stevenson More Paul Stevenson Quotes 0
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men. Reinhold Niebuhr American More Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes 0
He basically questioned the sanity of RIM, and said it wasn't acting very rationally. His prodding of the parties worked. Rod Thompson More Rod Thompson Quotes 0
If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or ''our'' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share. Virginia Woolf English Writer More Virginia Woolf Quotes 0
I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However, this is not entirely a matter of joy as if someone returned from physical disability to good physical health. John Forbes Nash, Jr. American Mathematician More John Forbes Nash, Jr. Quotes 0
He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger. Salvatore Quasimodo Italian Author More Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes 0
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them. Allen Tate American Poet More Allen Tate Quotes 0
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. Ulrich Beck German Sociologist More Ulrich Beck Quotes 0
But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is neither words nor place that can advance them, but worth and merit. Margaret Cavendish English Writer More Margaret Cavendish Quotes 0
Just as we know rationally that the time will come when each of us as individuals will perish, so we know that our country, our culture and our species cannot exist for ever. Sometime there must be an end. Harrison Brown More Harrison Brown Quotes 0
Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second. Helen Fielding British Author More Helen Fielding Quotes 0