Quotes tagged ‘Rational’

“Malcolm: When I was 10-years-old, Martin Whitly tried to kill me. My father tried to kill me. Simon: Well, that's terrible, but you knew he was a predatory psychopath. Malcolm: I know that. My rational overeducated mind understands who he is, but the child in me thought he cared, loved me even, and…”

— Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver, Malcolm Bright, Tom Payne, imdb.com

“Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to.”

— David Cronenberg, Bill Lee, Peter Weller, imdb.com

“It's not rational, it's not pragmatic. I mean, it's about making art.”

— Christoph Niemann, imdb.com

“Miss Webb, I have been to hundreds of houses, countless seances, and I have never yet seen something that can't be explained in rational terms. The people I've met all have one thing in common; pain.”

— Timothy Prager, Lewis Gilbert, Bob Kellett, Prof. David Ash, Aidan Quinn, imdb.com

“What kind of rational man believes in justice?”

— Steven Knight, James Keziah Delaney, Tom Hardy, imdb.com

“Miss Mallet. The most rational being I have seen. Staid a whole hour, and greatly pleased with her. Good breeding and social talents in a degree very rare. Why don't I go there oftener? Because I do nothing that I wish or intend.”

— Aaron Burr, archive.org

“The essence of liberalism is a genuine concern and deep respect for all the people. Not monuments or institutions or associations but people….A liberal program must also be…responsible…reasonable, rational, realistic….”

— Pat Brown, latimes.com

“It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six.”

— Oliver Crawford, Shimon Wincelberg, Spock, Leonard Nimoy, imdb.com

“There is nothing rational about love. Love stutters when it gets nervous, love trips over its own shoelaces. Love is clumsy, and my heart refuses to wear a helmet.”

— Rudy Francisco, wnq-writers.com

“When we don't find the logical answer, we settle for a stupid one. Ritual is what happens when we run out of rational.”

— David Hoselton, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com

“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”

— J.K. Rowling, amazon.com