You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.
Other animals ran only when they had a reason, but the horse would run for no reason whatever, as if to run out of his own skin
He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast.
Whenever someone wants to say something to a whole mass of people by breaking into song, there's probably something wrong with them.
Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.
One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.
You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank. I acted out of personal desperation.
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.
Science for me is very close to art. Scientific discovery is an irrational act. It's an intuition which turns out to be reality at the end of it-and I see no difference between a scientist developing a marvellous discovery and an artist making a painting.
Gardening is not a rational act.
Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
Getting a tattoo is arguably one of the most insane decisions a sensible human can make.
There's one scene where I took my t-shirt off. I was wearing a t-shirt and a hoodie, and I took my hoodie off and took my t-shirt off to give to the girl because she got her top dirty or something. It was like, why don't I just give her my hoodie - that makes no sense whatsoever! I just took off another layer just to take my top off.
