Norman Angell Quotes

After a point it does not matter whether ... perceptions are true or false; it is the perceptions that matter.

The longer you hold a belief, the less likely it is to be true.

I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics. It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.

The only good reason to embrace a philosophical position is that you are convinced it is true or at least makes sense of the world better than the alternatives.

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.

It is what men think that determines how they act

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.

Men can reason themselves into almost any sort of opinion if they are so inclined.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things

Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic.

You want the truth, of course. You want me to put two and two together. But two and two doesn’t necessarily get you the truth. Two and two equals a voice outside the window. Two and two equals the wind. The living bird is not its labeled bones.

I'm kind of used to people trying to define me or, you know, lying about me.

I was told that television will be very difficult. But I think everyone just hypes it.

Common sense is often underrated.

You can have opinions, but it doesn't mean they're right.

The same evidence that is convincing to one person may not convince another.

Without any physical, chemical, and biological fundamentals, and with equally poor understanding of basic economic forces, it is no wonder that people will believe anything.

Argument is not always truth.

Human beings will believe in all kinds of things that aren't true, and that's okay. And TV is a part of that.

Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.