16 quotes about Logic

Logic is like the sword -- those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

— Butler, Samuel

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

— Churchill, Winston

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it.

— Devoto, Bernard

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

— Dewey, John

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

— Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

— Dunsany, Lord

Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.

— Euripides

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices -- against half the human race -- that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

— Figes, Eva

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

— Forster, Edward M.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

— Gladstone, William E.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

— Joubert, Joseph

Logic is the anatomy of thought.

— Locke, John

Reason also is choice.

— Milton, John

The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.

— Wilson, A. N.

The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.

— Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.

— Wittgenstein, Ludwig