I've always been attracted to Pertwee's portrayal of the Doctor as dashing man-of-science, charming, sceptical, and rational.
To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.
I am a rational person. I am moderate. I am humble.
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation.
Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.
The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to.
I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.
TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures.
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.
What matters to me is to find rational solutions for those that are facing difficulties so that France preserves jobs and its ability to innovate.
Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker, and you have to stop all that to write a novel.
Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.
As a spiritual person, nature for me has always been a healing place. Going back all the way to my childhood on the farm, the fields and forests were places of adventure and self-discovery. Animals were companions and friends, and the world moved at a slower, more rational pace than the bustling cities where I'd resided my adult life.
Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.
Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion, and talents formed for usefulness.
To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.
In fact, in more cases than not, when we are rational, we're actually unhappy. Emotion is good; passion is good. Being into what we're into, provided that it's a healthy pursuit, it's a good thing.
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be rational human beings; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions.
There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two.
My purpose is to make a movie to make you warm. To give you some heat. Now, this rational world has become a place where only what is cool is good. Do you cut the movie on the basis of the beat of modernity or the basis of the beat of your own heart?
I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
The bedrock foundation of any rational immigration policy should be to benefit America rather than benefiting potential or existing immigrants, or any other specific group, whether favorable or antagonistic to them.