Dash Mihok

Tourette's has always been a tough one for many to digest because of its seeming irrationality: 'Why do you have to twitch or make noises? You seem normal, with no physical defects.' It's next to impossible to answer without living it.

American Actor

Jon Ronson

I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My kind of irrationality happens to be fear or anxiety.

Welsh Journalist

Paul Johnson

What strikes the historian surveying anti-Semitism worldwide over more than two millennia is its fundamental irrationality. It seems to make no sense, any more than malaria or meningitis makes sense.

British Journalist

Vincent Bugliosi

When I hear theists and atheists pontificating on how they know God does or does not exist, I can only smile at the irrationality and, yes, vanity of the notion.

American Author

Kay Redfield Jamison

It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm and vast energy.

American Psychologist

Evan Davis

Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in economics at the moment. Behavioural economics it's called, on the cusp of economics and psychology.

British Economist

Irvin Kershner

I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.

American Director

Ronald Coase

You get more irrationality within the family and in consumer behavior than you get, say, in the behavior of firms in their purchases.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

German Philosopher

Marcia Gay Harden

I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world.

American Actress

Irrationality often indicates decisions made under strong emotions rather than logic.

Emotion Driven

Irrationality usually implies a negative judgment about someone's behavior or decision.

Negatively Connoted

It's used to criticize a lack of reasoning in debates or disputes.

Use in Arguments

Irrational numbers aren't only non-repeating decimals; they include roots of numbers that can't be fractioned.

Not Just Decimals

Despite the name, 'irrational' in math doesn't mean without reason; it's a specific numerical property.

Misleading Term

Determining irrationality in mathematics often requires a proof, demonstrating that the number can't be a fraction.

Proof Required

 between their obsessions and compulsions quite well. Being unable to avoid these thoughts and actions despite being aware of their irrationality is part of the reason why OCD is so distressing. OCD sufferers report feeling crazy

Debunking the myths of...

 And it leads to the more general point, which once you recognize how people are irrational, you're in a much better position to help them. Now, this kind of irrationality works out even in men's restrooms.