“Water creates a neurosis in golfers. The very thought of this harmless fluid robs them of their normal powers of rational thought, turns their legs to jelly, and produces a palsy of the upper limbs.” TurnsWaterProduceNormalGolfLegsRationalLimbsFluidGolfersNeurosisJellyRational Thought Book:The glorious world of golf Source: The glorious world of golf
“The primary mode of experiencing images is non-verbal... but once it's brought out into the light of the day, what's understood by the subconscious intuitive mind can be better grasped by the conscious rational mind. Aligning the two produces powerful results.” MindTwoLightResultsPowerfulPowerProduceConsciousUnderstoodRationalPrimariesSubconsciousIntuitive Author:John Paul Caponigro
“Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations.” PoliticalBeliefEconomicProduceExpectationsSelfishRationalVotersSevereBiased Author:Bryan Caplan
“What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.” IfsHumansReasonUseActionHuman BeingsBeautyTeachProduceTasteAppreciateMathematicsProofRationalAestheticsCalculationsAssessmentGood Taste Author:Franz Grillparzer
“It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise - easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that 'good' men in positions of power will produce evil, while the ordinary man without power but able to engage in voluntary cooperation with his neighbors will produce good, requires analysis and thought, subordinating emotions to the rational.” IfsMenBelieveWellsSelfWould BeAblePoliticalEvilPoliticsSocialEasyTermViewsEmotionPositionProduceActivityOrdinaryPraiseNeighborAriseRationalAnalysisGood ManCooperationSatisfyingTemptingOrdinary ManEvil ManPosition Of PowerTerm LimitsSelf PraiseSocial Evils Author:Friedrich August von Hayek