5 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Rationalization

Orson Scott Card quotes on rationalization

229. Nobody's rational. We all act because we're sure of what we want, and we believe that the actions we perform will get us what we want, but we never know anything for sure, and so all our rationalities are invented to justify what we were going to do anyway before we thought of any reasons.

300. And then he thought: is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?

492. What you call intellectual honesty I call self-deception

515. The funny thing was, you see, that Mike Fink didn't think of himself as a murderer. He thought of life as a contest, and dying was what happened to those who came out second best, but it wasn't the same as murder, it was a fair fight

1078. And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves? -Ender's Shadow