Quotes by Logic The logic of the poet - that is, the logic of language or the experience itself - develops the way a living organism grows: it spreads out towards what it loves, and is heliotropic, like a plant. Thomas Merton logiclanguageway It's hard to find logic in things sometimes. That's why I can't analyze things too much, because it often doesn't make much sense. Tim Burton logictoo-muchsometimes I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right. Todd Barry logicerrorsmean Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking. Timothy Keller good-lifelogictradition Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic. Tryon Edwards logicprejudiceovercoming Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth. Victor Borge logichumormen Logic ignores the almost, just as the sun ignores the candle. Victor Hugo candlelogicsun Logic and sermons never convince, The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul. Walt Whitman logicsoulnight Human beings are not creatures of logic; we are creatures of emotion. And we do not care what's true. We care how it feels. Will Smith logiccareemotion Logic is an old subject, and since 1879 it has been a great one. Willard Van Orman Quine logichas-beenssubjects Implication is thus the very texture of our web of belief, and logic is the theory that traces it. Willard Van Orman Quine texturelogicbelief Logic chases truth up the tree of grammar. Willard Van Orman Quine grammarlogictree By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live. William Butler Yeats progressivelogicimagination The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic. William Godwin logicelementsstatistics What is a logical mind?... It is the antiseptic which destroys the bacilli of unreason whereby true happiness is vivified. William John Locke true-happinesslogicmind Instinct leads, logic does but follow. William James intuitionlogicdoe General scepticism is the live mental attitude of refusing to conclude. It is a permanent torpor of the will, renewing itself in detail towards each successive thesis that offers, and you can no more kill it off by logic than you can kill off obstinacy or practical joking. William James detailslogicattitude Plurality is not to be posited without necessity. William of Ockham logicwitty Logic should no longer be considered an elegant and learned accomplishment; it should take its place as an indispensable study for every well-informed person. William Stanley Jevons logicaccomplishmentstudy Logic is not only an exact science, but is the most simple and elementary of all sciences; it ought therefore undoubtedly to find some place in every course of education. William Stanley Jevons logiccoursessimple«1718192021222324252627»
