86 Quotes About Rationalization

He had a clear conscience. Never used it.

I'm not mad at him. I'm mad at them. I'm mad at the world that turned him into a monster when all he did was have the bad luck of falling in love with me.

By its very nature, the process of rationalization tries to project the patently irrational as apparently rational.

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

The argument that a particular project will be "self-financing" is usually the first refuge of politicians defending the indefensible.

We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits.

Your explanation is good, but your herring doesn't fry, as we say in Ramaldah," he exploded.

Sometimes, we need little lies to save our pride. And sometimes we need big lies to save our souls.

Small wonder our national spirit is husk empty. We have more information but less knowledge. More communication but less community. More goods but less goodwill. More of virtually everything save that which the human spirit requires. So distracted have we become sating this new need or that material appetite, we hardly noticed the departure of happiness