Logical Decision Making Quotes

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

In Quebec, people are moved too often by passion and too little by intelligence.

Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.

He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense.

I've spent my whole life doing some things because they were logical and not doing others because they were not. I've seen what happens when people act on intuition, or for illogical reasons. Sometimes the results are ludicrous and embarrassing; more often they are simply horrible. But here I am, just the same, behaving like a crackbrained crystal gazer.

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.

We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.

Human beings can remain spiritual and religious while enjoying the benefits of rational administration of their affairs.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

Let your desires be ruled by reason.

It's just important to try to keep a cool head and stay logical rather than emotional. But then again you have to keep that balance between not becoming too logical because you need to have that passion in order to play to 100% in the game.

Be reasonable. I know you can be. If you try very, very hard.” - Al to Rachel

I went into politics on an emotional level and soon realised that emotion has nothing to do with politics.

In the end, rational policy is always good.

Let the sap of reason quench the fire of passion.

Our capacity for fulfillment can come only through faith and feelings. But our capacity for survival must come from reason and knowledge.

Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical thing, will often dramatically improve the financial results of that lifetime.

Most of the time you should use reason, there is no doubt about that because gut often makes us susceptible to lots of different biases, particularly if what you're deciding is something that you really, that expertise can be brought to bear on it, there is a way in which you can align the odds, so then you should really use reason.

I believe there are two types of decision-makers - those who lead with their gut and those who make lists of pros and cons, and fully anticipate the consequences.

I am a superior form of human and I have absolutely no quirks or irrational impulses of any kind.