Irrational
Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.
Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.
Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd.
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Irrational Quotations
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe
Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
Bill Cosby
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
Virginia Satir
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
Thomas Huxley
The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.
George Santayana
There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
Albert Ellis
If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
Albert Ellis
Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all.
Emile M. Cioran
The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.
George MacDonald
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.
Scott Adams
Irrational Translations
irrational in German is irrational
irrational in Latin is insensatus
irrational in Norwegian is fornuftsstridig, irrasjonell
irrational in Spanish is irracional
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