915 Quotes About Logic

In any debate seeking the correct answer I see logic as the Kurgan and ideology as Ramirez, I love Sean Connery too, but there can be only one.

Some have asserted that the universe was self-generated. This violates, however, a primary law of logic: the law of non-contradiction that says the universe cannot be itself and the thing it creates at the same time.

Bad logic was an early warning sign for prejudice.

One ought not to quarrel with the aim of impartiality. It is just that, as an objective, it is harder to attain than its advocates imagine.

HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT REASONABLE creatures. Instead of being ruled by logic, we are ruled by emotions. The world would be a happier place if the opposite were true. For example, based on a single phone call, I have begun to hope for a miracle.

Monty Jones: Dad, is there a word to describe answers that are completely correct but entirely useless under the circumstances?Professor Jones: Yes, yes there is.

We are far too practical, and in our practicality we far too often forget that what is practical is far too limited to open the door to the impossible.

Все французы-мужчины знают что нужно стать цивилизованным между восемнадцатью и двадцатью тремя и что цивилизация приходит к вам через отношения с женщинами постарше, через революцию, через военную дисциплину, через побег откуда-нибудь или через подчинение кому-нибудь, после чего вы стали цивилизованным и жизнь идет как надо на латинский лад, жизнь умиротворяющая и интригующая, вот теперь жизнь цивилизованна, логична и модна короче говоря жизнь как жизнь.

We humans have no way to self-generate truth.