Rationalization Quotes

“We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.”

“We do what we must, and call it by the best names.”

“We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best.”

“It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.”

“The curse of the intelligentsia is their ability to rationalize and re-define. Ordinary people, lacking that gift, are forced to face reality.”

“How a man who holds the entire population of a country as his prisoners, and punishes the families of those who escape, can be admired by people who call themselves liberals is one of the many wonders of the human mind's ability to rationalize. Yet such is the case with Fidel Castro.”

“I rationalize shop. I buy a dress because I need change for gum.”

“The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action.”

“A real fox calls sour not only those grapes that he cannot reach but also those that he has reached and taken away from others.”

“So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.”

“One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.”