Logical Quotations

That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question.

The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.

A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a logical creation, dissects and dignifies reality. Fiction, wholly extravagant, magnifies it and gives it moral shape. Fiction has no practical purpose. Fiction, after all, is art.

All views can't be true because all views are opposite; this is the logical aspect. For example, Islam says we are good in nature; Christianity says we are born in sin. Islam says God is a man; Christianity says He is more than a man, He is God. All truths can't be the same.

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world

Film is an emotional medium; it's not a logical medium. It's not an intellectual medium, so every decision you make as a filmmaker and an actor has to be emotional in some way, even in the rejection of logic.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.

An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.

I only tend to think of the week ahead, to keep my eye on the ball and question whether a full stop is in the right place. It's easy to get distracted by the wrong things. If you start thinking of grand gestures, it's going to be a lot of hot air. You have to be logical. The theatre is a very logical place.

I'm very kinesthetic, and when you're that way, you just feel it in your body. I know that other actors think with the logical part of their brain, but I wear my character inside my body, even when I'm away from the set.

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old.

Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the conclusions at which they arrive, and that their primary concern is to follow their premises to their logical conclusions.

This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth. It will benefit customers through new services and expanded service capabilities.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention by its strongly marked prominence is the remarkable loneliness of man. He stands alone.

Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures.

If you are a woman, you might feel torn between logical agreement and emotional resistance. Why? It seems like a simpler solution to blame men for the pay gap than to engineer your own bridge to higher pay.

I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical.

If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.

As long as artists arbitrarily assume the right to decide what is or is not art, it is logical that the public will just as arbitrarily feel that they have the right to reject it.

I loved the idea that biology was logical.

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.

The inexorable compulsion of all things is towards health or destruction, life or death, and we hasten our joys or our woes to the logical extreme. It is urgent, therefore, that we be joyous if we wish to live.

If the code does indeed have some logical foundation then it is legitimate to consider all the evidence, both good and bad, in any attempt to deduce it.

The great American food writer M. F. K. Fisher once wrote an essay called 'The Anatomy of a Recipe.' To have a good anatomy, in her view, a recipe should have a sense of logical progression. She despaired of recipes with 'anatomical faults,' where the reader is told to make a cake batter and only then to grease the loaf pans.

Because an appeal makes logical sense is no guarantee that it will work.

One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner.

The truth of it is that women are far more logical than men.

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.

The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

I find the whole time travel question very unsettling if you take it to its logical extension. I think it might eventually be possible, but then what happens?

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.

In Paris and later in Marseille, I was surrounded by some of the best food in the world, and I had an enthusiastic audience in my husband, so it seemed only logical that I should learn how to cook 'la cuisine bourgeoise' - good, traditional French home cooking.

I'm not a good writer, and I don't care. Unfortunately, after I left college, I didn't have time much for literature. I wish I did. Most of the time I read documents, and that's not going to help your writing. But I'm a very logical writer, and you can't get out of me. Once I've nailed you, you're finished.

The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

On the question of marriage, as in all other respects, Lutheranism is a compromise, a bridge between two logical views of the universe: the Catholic-Christian and the Individualistic Monist. And bridges are made to go over, not to stand upon.

In order to keep anything cultural, logical, or ideological, you have to reinvent the reality of it.

If you take Darwin's theory and extend it to its logical end, it can be used to justify a number of very horrendous things.

One of them is a simple logical point that no matter how important learning and culture and socialization are, they don't happen by magic.

Only in very rare circumstances will you see something cut out of my first drafts. Maybe it's because of the way I write. I'm very focused on the logical progression of the story, and every character has a role to play.

Portland is a logical choice. Maine is a marine state and Portland is a port city. This effort can highlight the advantages of the city and the development of marine resources can benefit the entire state.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount.

Only a people that believes that its G-d called the world and its inhabitants into being and controls and decrees their destiny, has any logical and intellectual reason to worship Him.

My expectation is that we will be able to reduce this to a very simple series of logical events that could have taken place with no divine intervention,

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with a personal, egocentric striving for superiority, and is therefore retarded in the development of his social interest, as we find regularly among

Rick's intelligence, ethics and leadership capabilities combined with his experience both inside Gateway and outside of Gateway make him the only logical choice as my successor,

There are only two logical places they could come across either the Iraqi or Syrian borders.

When you can incorporate a medical device to an existing technology, it's a logical step. Patients will already be very familiar with it because it exists in their lives.

MSN was the one that may have been a logical acquiring company but they are clearly building as opposed to buying,

Mobile search is rapidly becoming a logical choice for consumers who want to have instant access to the information they need, whenever they need it.

Mountain View has a very strong team. They don't have the runners up front in the (girls') races but they have a really, really strong group. They would be the next logical one with Borah as well.

She has always been very direct, very straightforward, very logical and good to deal with,

So little of the anatomy is preserved that these fossils do not teach us much new about chimpanzee anatomical evolution. There is no logical necessity why chimps had to remain in the forest.

So far, we haven't seen a major increase in core inflation, all we've seen is a sharp rise in energy prices. It seems logical that higher energy prices should start to feed through to higher inflation.

Sending laser signals across the cosmos would be a very logical way for ET to reach out, but until now, we have been ill-equipped to receive any such signal.

She's really explaining things to them that they probably knew when they were kids. Now, as they're growing up ... they're starting to analyze everything to death they kind of forget those simple logical things that kids know.

We were curious to see where these things might come from in the first place, so it seemed that was a logical place to start. I expect lots of these (drug-resistant) genes are peppered all over the microbial community.

I wouldn't say it's unusual. In terms of moving from one institution to another, if Richard felt like it was time for change, it certainly seems like a logical move to make.

Jack is a very scientific man, very logical and obviously with everything he has seen on this island, he's going to have to find a way to snap out of this denial and start confronting this real reality he's existing in.

has always been the most logical place to build a rail line.

Fred's there on the bench and ready to play. But in fairness to Gerald, who had a good game when he came off the bench on Sunday, it's logical to give him a run out at flyhalf.

Given the success we've experienced with music, this is a logical extension to our entertainment strategy.

I don't think she can be objective because, frankly, I would want to know what was she doing in that time, before the storm, during the storm, after the storm. She is going to be one of the people that, in a sense, is being investigated. So I'm not sure that she's the logical choice.

If Americans expect China to take into account their concerns, it would be only logical and natural that we would expect our American friends to address out concerns, security concerns, among which the (U.S.) arms sales to Taiwan is most important.

But it was logical that we won and had the match been played in the United States, it would not have taken close to three hours but an hour and a half without doubt.

I felt like I was in a real rut here and so by doing the Open Fire record I was ready to do another vocal album. It was a logical progression.

What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.

We supply technology and applications to more than 90% of communications companies worldwide today, and billing is a logical and complementary addition for those customers.

I absolutely think it's a good idea. Children - actually, all of us - have to learn to apply the technology in our lives, and the only way we can start to do that is to know where we're at. I don't know much about this specific project, but I think it's logical to find out where students are standing in order to help educate them.

If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.

He's been a fringe player for a long time. We consider that he's probably at his peak right now. He was the logical replacement for Damien once we left a batsman out of the squad.

He was the logical choice. We're loaded at his position. He wasn't going to play that much so this makes sense for both parties.

Good cannot exist without evil, as the human being cannot think any other way than based on the Logical coefficient 2 of Good and Evil, Beautiful and Ugly and all the others that can define these as a common denominator.

The Padres asked us to find a consistent backup man. Steve did a nice job for us on Aztecs basketball, he's well known in San Diego, so he was a very logical and very good choice.

His motivation for making such comments is unclear to us. But adopting a logical stance towards Iran's nuclear activity, better serves the interest of the region.

When they got there, they assumed control of local operations and using plain speak allowed it to happen. If we can't find a common, logical level to communicate on, then how are we going to be able to accomplish our objectives?

Steamboat was the first time that we played live on the radio. Colorado is the logical place for us to go back. It was one of the first markets that really embraced us as a band.

Part of the wonderful thing about what we do in fashion is that it really can apply to so many forms of one's lifestyle, and it is such a logical extension to be designing for the home,

Justin is back in the squad subject to fitness. It was a logical decision for us to have him back in the team, particularly given his record and seniority within the group.

I'm here, I've been here for a year, I'm of course familiar with the university, ... I know lot of the people. It could be I was needed. It appears, and most people agree, I would be the logical person.

It is logical for a U.S. person to give their money away while they are alive, as the government will take it from you when you die in taxes.

I suspect that they'll put Channelview in and take La Porte out. That's the logical thing to do.

I think there was ongoing confusion about what was intended. . . . It seems logical to make an immediate change.

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spend all your time thinking about them

I was trying to be up with the latest thing. To a point, I just took what I was offered, logical positivism in philosophy.

I think if they were to make such a move, this would be a logical week,

It doesn't surprise me. I know on a national level it does seem like this huge surprise and, 'How did they ever do this?' But really, it's just coming up with a logical plan.

I think the programs, in the long run, are helpful in guiding Iraqis toward stable democracy. Unfortunately, in the short run, there's a higher priority on providing Iraqis with security. And much of the funds that may have been available before for these programs were diverted, I think, to protect Iraqis. And I think that's logical because you can't practice democracy if personal security is perpetually at risk.

It is a logical extension of what had gone on here virtually 100 years.

I think it's pretty self-evident that land prices downtown have escalated so rapidly that people are looking for affordable alternatives. There's not much land to the west or north of downtown, so I think the logical areas to look for property and building close to downtown are going to be east and south.

I thought all along Edwards was the logical choice, ... He's so talented as a campaigner, and he brings a lot of enthusiasm, sex appeal and pizzazz to the ticket.

I thought all along Edwards was the logical choice. He's so talented as a campaigner, and he brings a lot of enthusiasm, sex appeal and pizzazz to the ticket.

It always concerns me when we begin to lose some very key people and I'm afraid there may be more. People are indicating they are moving on to other opportunities but, as it becomes more of a pattern, I think it is a logical question.