Quotes About Rationalization

We delude ourselves when we suppose than the main impact of speech lies in the words (as opposed to the voice), just as we delude ourselves when we cite logical reasons, which are actually rationalizations or justifications, for our decisions.

Many of us believe that wrongs aren't wrong if it's done by nice people like ourselves.

Free will is a rationalisation; I can't help making all the right decisions. And all the wrong ones.

An analytic colleague, Alden Josey, once employed the telling metaphor that secretly "we wish to colonize the other," and like most imperial powers, we are flush with rationalizations to justify our agendas of self-interest.

It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

That's the number-one rule in life: Always do what makes you feel better at all times." "That's three number-one rules now." "Rule Number One is that Rule Number One is whatever you want it to be at any time based on self-interest, blinding rationalization and petulance. At least that's the code everyone in this country seems to be operating under.

And here's how I rationalize my rationalizing. God gave us the ability to rationalize so we can stomach all the horrible things we're required to do every day just to survive the concrete jungle.

As cognitive beings, we rationalise everything. So, I think that's why nemeses are, in general, fascinating to observe, because they decide to act on feelings that we, most of the time, rationalise.

And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?

I didn't know that empty rationalization was part of your programming, said Ram. We would not be fit companions for human beings without it.

I find out what I really want by seeing what I do," said Ender. "That's what we all do, if we're honest about it. We have our feelings, we make our decisions, but in the end we look back on our lives and see how sometimes we ignored our feelings, while most of our decisions were actually rationalizations because we had already decided in our secret hearts before we ever recognized it consciously.

I find out what I really want by seeing what I do," said Ender. "That's what we all do, if we're honest about it. We have our feelings, we make our decisions, but in the end we look back on our lives and see how sometimes we ignored our feelings, while most of our decisions were actually rationalizations because we had already decided in our secret hearts before we ever recognized it consciously.

I find out what I really want by seeing what I do," said Ender. "That's what we all do, if we're honest about it. We have our feelings, we make our decisions, but in the end we look back on our lives and see how sometimes we ignored our feelings, while most of our decisions were actually rationalizations because we had already decided

most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

It is wonderful how people's judgment is blinded by their passions, and how apt we are to find plausible and even satisfactory reasons, for doing what our interest, or that of the party we have embraced, strongly recommends.

I had reached a level of sophistication at which I could know I was fooling myself and still fool myself.

This is how your mind plays game with you. If it wants you to do something, it will find a hundred reasons to justify it.

Deification of accidents serves of course as rationalization for every people that is not master of its own destiny.

Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something

Jayda, you know what that sounds like to me? A desperate rationalization to soothe a guilty conscience." "Your opinion is meaningless, Detective. Adultery isn't a crime and telling his wife about our purely carnal relationship now would only add to her pain.

There's never been an act done since the beginning, from a kid stealing candy to a dictator committing genocide, that the person doing it didn't think he was fully justified. That's a mental trick called rationalizing, and it's done the human race more harm than anything else you can name.

Isn't it obvious in in today's world from people's preoccupation with self-medication, drug and alcohol use, rationalization and avoidance distraction that the truth doesn't just hurt, it's extremely painful.

Socialization is not primarily cognitive. We are not persuaded rationally not to pee in the living room; we are required not to. We then rationalize and obey this rule even when no authority figure lurks to enforce it.