Quotes About Logic

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.

Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?

Theology is the logic of the Devil.

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.

A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.

The classical theory of omniscient rationality is strikingly simple and beautiful.

My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that.

The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can.

I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better.

No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven.

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.

I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy, and one of my specializations was the logic and mathematics of game theory. I've also got a degree in drama, so I know about stories, characterizations, plot arcs, and the like. Lots of game designers can do one or the other: I've got the skills for both.

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain life's origin, any more than a study of silicon, copper and plastic will explain how a computer can execute a program.

Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing.

They do not say Roosevelt saved our system. They say he has given us a new one. That is logical.

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.