Logic Quotes
He is a true fugitive who flies from reason.
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
But, logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat.
The vast majority of human beings are not interested in reason or satisfied with what it teaches.
Logic hasn’t wholly dispelled the society of witches and prophets and sorcerers and soothsayers.
Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer than a toss-up.
No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
Logic is one thing and commonsense another.
Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
Reason is the shepherd trying to corral life’s vast flock of wild irrationalities.
Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade.
Logic is logic. That’s all I say.
He that cannot reason is a fool.
He that will not is a bigot.
He that dare not is a slave.
Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time.
Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence.
The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.
Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful, and to admire the ingenuity with which those that are not so, are assorted and arranged.