Quotes About Logic

I was in Little League. I was on first base: I stole third. I ran straight across the diamond. Earlier in the week, I learned the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I argued with the ump that second base was out of my way.

It doesn't matter what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.

Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

Does fuzzy logic tickle?

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.

A land ethic for tomorrow should be as honest as Thoreau's Walden, and as comprehensive as the sensitive science of ecology. It should stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life. If, in our haste to "progress," the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America.

I never, ever drink while writing. Never have from the start, and I'm happy that I never have to. A lot of my stuff is plot-driven and mathematical, and I think you need a clean and sober mind to pin down the logistics of that.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

I loved math. I was such a nerd! I really enjoyed working through problems and finding the solution.

The main functions of intelligence, that of inventing solutions and that of verifying them, do not necessarily involve one another. The first partakes of imagination; the second alone is properly logical.

Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

If you can get rid of the emotion and concentrate on the problem, you can solve the problem.

If you come from mathematics, as I do, you realize that there are many problems, even classical problems, which cannot be solved by computation alone.

I'm a natural puzzle solver.

I personally, generally, don't really feel much emotion if there's some problem and I'm actively solving it.

I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.

I would say that many architects are very logical. They start their process from analysis and from rational processes to try and find the 'right' answer, like solving a mathematic equation.

I live in Realville, and my problem is that I'm governed by logic. And some of the claims that are made by people on the left just don't hold up.

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.

...love comes from the head and not the heart. Of the entire body, only the head matters.

On one side of his brain, logic was standing on a chair, waving its arms to get his attention. On the other side, lust and yearning rubbed their hands together in unholy anticipation.

If i think about us logically, there is no chance for us. But logic doesn't produce magic.

The brain becomes illogical, in the throes of new romance.