Twyla Tharp Quotes

It's really important when we're writing our opinions to be transparent about what our decision method in the case is and how we get from Point A to B to C in the analysis.

To make a good decision, you actually need to think about it, the contours and the consequences.

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.

Every decision you make in life, not just on the sporting field - a lot of time and energy goes into it. You think things through before you make decisions and you always think the decision you make at the time is going to be the right one.

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.

Reason is the tool men use to determine if their statements about reality are valid: there is no other. Those who do not or cannot reason are little better than slaves because their lives are controlled by the ideas of other men, ideas they have not examined.

Philosophy is easier than politics.

Knowledge consists in understanding the evidence that establishes the fact, not in the belief that it is a fact.

Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits.

Logic can become enormously difficult, and it would undoubtedly be well to produce more assurance in its use.

Everything is reason. If you don't have reason, you have nothing.

I think that the test for taking on a project is to try and list all the reasons not to do it. When you find yourself running out of reasons, and you still have to do it, it's the right thing to do.

Logic is pointless.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

Reasons come first. Answers come second

Reason and the reasoning faculty need no foreign assistance, but are sufficient for their own purposes. They move within themselves, and make directly for the point in view. Wherefore, acts in accordance with them are called right acts, for they lead along the right road.

Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.

Talk about rationality can get very confusing unless the things with which rationality deals are also included.

All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.