#rationalize

Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal? ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#am #basically #characters #could #eavesdrop

I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. ↗

— Peter Weir

#become #certain #decisions #done #forced

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions. ↗

— David Borenstein

#emotions #feelings #his #logical #man

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#amoral #bad #believe #deeds #makes

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior," he said. "You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends. ↗

— Chuck Colson

#cannot #ends #i #illegal #important

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer. ↗

— Russell Banks

#apprenticeship #best #programs #rationalized #thing

Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this violence, it only makes the problem worse. ↗

— John Conyers

#attempt #judges #laughing #leaders #makes

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#almost #always #contrary #correct #mistakes

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#comment #less #little #look #mississippi

We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#backs #both #competition #entrepreneurs #external