Quotes About Logic

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

Logically," Shallan said, "the bright side is the only side you can look on, because the other side is dark.

My dear, have you ever known me to make an inflammatorily ridiculous statement without providing an equally ridiculous explanation to substantiate it?" "Of course not," she agreed. "You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.

But it was important to be rational at all times, not just when calm.

Faith isn't about logic, son," Haddek said. "Perhaps that's your problem. You cannot 'disprove' the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.

Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.

Chana knows, I wondered sometimes how I raised that child without strangling her. By age six, [Jasnah] was pointing out my logical fallacies as I tried to get her to go to bed on time.

You are offered proof only once you believe, but if you believe, you can find proof in anything. It is a logical conundrum.

Logically the bright side is the only side you can look on, because the other side is dark

So... wait. You're saying that on the other side?where I obviously believed in the other side?I realized that if I Returned I wouldn't believe in the other side, so I came back with the purpose of discovering faith in the other side, which I only lost because I Returned in the first place?" Llarimar paused. Then he smiled. "That last one breaks down a little bit in the face of logic, doesn't it?

Reason like a sphere? What type of reasoning does a wooden sphere do?" "The circular type, I should think. And, by coincidence, it is my favorite type as well. Perhaps that's why I'm so good at the game.

He'd always found it odd that so many died when they were old, as logic said that was the point in their lives when they'd had the most practice not dying. He

Your words make sense up here," Kaladin said, tapping his head. "But not down here." He slapped his breast. "That's always been your problem, son. Letting your heart override your head." "My head can't be trusted sometimes," Kaladin said.

Not contradicting a point and proving it are different things.

It's nice to see that cannibalism has been so logically ruled out as an option," Raoden said dryly.

Logically," Shallan said, "the bright side is the only side you can look on, because the other side is dark.

Don't try," Waxillium said. "Logic doesn't work on Wayne." "I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller," Wayne explained. "It lets me add two 'n' two and get a pickle." "I … have no response to that," Marasi said.

Logic doesn't work on Wayne." "I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller," Wayne explained. "It lets me add two 'n' two and get a pickle.

All things are math. Art especially is math.

It might be religion, but it still has to make sense.

Lógicamente inconsistente. Obviamente incierto.

The heart might provide the purpose, but the head provides the method, the path.

It's helpful to keep in mind Alberto Brandolini's Bullshit Asymmetry Principle or what's sometimes known as Brandolini's law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

Brandolini's law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.