Irrational Decision Quotes

#1. All of us know today the value of communications satellites, weather satellites, resources satellites, etc.

Rusty Schweickart

#2. There was nothing worse than hearing your own fears spoken aloud.

Kristi Cook

#3. Strong moral arguments exist for why we should often try to ignore stereotypes or override them. But we shouldn't assume they represent some irrational quirk of the unconscious mind. In fact, they're largely the consequence of the mind's attempt to make a rational decision.

Paul Bloom

#4. The essence of extended rationality is to know when you are being irrational.

Paul Gibbons

#5. Look at my track record: All of the big hits we created in Holland worked globally.

John De Mol Jr.

#6. It's not an irrational decision, I've been thinking about this for quite a while and maybe it'll be good for me [on his career break

Ronnie O'Sullivan

#7. I would love to work on a Bond film.

Daniel Cudmore

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

Emile M. Cioran

#9. our irrationality happens the same way, again and again. Whether we are acting as consumers, businesspeople, or policy makers, understanding how we are predictably irrational provides a starting point for improving our decision making and changing the way we live for the better.

Dan Ariely

#10. An enlightened person is not in touch with all the ten thousand states of mind simultaneously always. It would be very hard to go shopping let alone drive the car.

Frederick Lenz

#11. It's a completely irrational decision to drop out of school.

David Brooks

#12. Since the time of Cain and Abel, family disputes have been marked by the irrational and impulsive decision of those involved, the fierce battles which ensue, and the senseless destruction they cause,

Sara G. Forden

#13. If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.

John Powell

#14. The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space - each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.

Randall Munroe

#15. Friends come and go but 200lbs is always 200lbs.

Henry Rollins

#16. Many people still feel so scared about spirit or ghost, not yet realizing that there are so many unidentified living creatures on this planet earth which might be even more dreadful.

Toba Beta

#17. We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless: they are systematic and predictable. We all make the same types of mistakes over and over, because of the basic wiring of our brains.

Dan Ariely

#18. I hate smoking sections. Unless we're talking about the movie 'The Mask' with Jim Carrey. Then the smoking section is my favorite part.

Harris Wittels

#19. Let us make a choice and a promise to be kind, courteous, loving, and forgiving.

Debasish Mridha

#20. The average life expectancy rate in some parts of Glasgow is 54. If you've ever been there, you'll realize that that's maybe a bit long.

Frankie Boyle

#21. I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

Freddy Adu

#22. I did say I don't feel as worthy as so many of the recipients ... He said he'd seen some of my work, which is amazing, and was a fan of Gavin and Stacey.

Sheridan Smith

#23. Stealing money from humans is rewarding both financially and spiritually.

Kresley Cole