Quotes About Justification

He thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it.

Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense. Did I think Adrian's action an implied

One of the first things she asked me was why I wore my watch on the inside of my wrist. I couldn't justify it, so I turned the face round, and put time on the outside, as normal, grown-up people did.

Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense.

he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense.

Logiškai m?st?, o paskui elg?si logiška išvada. Ta?iau daugelis iš m?s?, ?tariu, daro priešingai: priima instinktyv? sprendim?, paskui kuria priežas?i? infrastrukt?r? jam pateisinti. O rezultat? pavadina sveiku protu.

Jis buvo gilesnio proto ir griežtesnio b?do nei aš. Logiškai m?st?, o paskui elg?si remdamasis logiška išvada. Ta?iau daugelis iš m?s?, ?tariu, daro priešingai: priima instinktyv? sprendim?, paskui kuria priežas?i? infrastrukt?r? jam pateisinti. O rezultat? pavadina sveiku protu.

And as for her more general advice, let's say that one advantage of being an ex-husband is that you no longer need to justify your behaviour. Or follow suggestions.

Es wird nicht mehr die Idee sein, die Wert und Macht einem Individuum gibt, sondern das Individuum, das Wert, Macht und Rechtfertigung einer Idee gibt.

Los que están de acuerdo con la libertad del sexo tampoco se diferencian gran cosa; lo único que hacen es dar una justificación racional a las violaciones recíprocas. Aceptando este punto de vista, se podría llegar al goce; pero la libertad ligada a una constante preocupación - como una cortina que no cierra bien- puede producir un psicópata sexual, y ya no queda para su órgano ni la oportunidad de quitarse el sombrero y descansar.

If we give ourselves permission to say this death justifies that one, then we truly are lost.

Remember—the Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The addict's credo: It's always somebody else's fault.

Some Other Dude Did It

In our reflecting and reasoning age, a man is not worth much who cannot give a good reason for everything, no matter how bad or crazy. Everything in the world that has been done wrong, has been done wrong for the very best of reasons.

There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.

The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart that loved him.

Egoistical opinion that a man is the king of nature was created by the man himself, so he can justify his wrong decisions.

I never killed a man who didn't need it.

A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.

I am no longer amazed by how quickly a man will justify his change of heart when a spear is leveled his way.

However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal.

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.