Rationalization Quotes

“It is easy to despise what you cannot get.”

“Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason.”

“Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.”

“I knew that what I was doing was wrong, in the sense that I knew it was a violation of the Journal's conflict-of-interest policy. But I didn't think it was illegal.”

“When you're in it, you don't feel you're doing anything wrong.”

“We give to necessity the praise of virtue.”

“I am thankful that I was allowed to enter into a relationship with the events of this period, and that I was not a stranger to them.”

“The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world'.”

“I was a guy who was trying to get things done for my clients, and I pushed the envelope.”

“We give to necessity the praise of virtue.”