Quotes on Logic

Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Author: Lewis Carroll

The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.

Author: Morris Cohen

Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.

Author: Mason Cooley

I noticed this process of waking, and predicted with terrifying logic that one of these years not far away I would be awake continuously and never slip back, and never be free of myself again.

Author: Annie Dillard

I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible.

Author: Fred Hoyle

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

Author: Antony Jay

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Author: Joseph Joubert

Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic to the form.

Author: Anish Kapoor

Here at Wisconsin we didn't get an undergraduate course in mathematical logic until the '60s.

Author: Stephen Kleene

There's always some kind of hidden logic.

Author: Christian Lacroix

He was very much concerned with logic and function, he always worked his solos out before playing them.

Author: Jamie Muir

There's a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. It's very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but it's there to be seen.

Author: Michael Nesmith

Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you.

Author: Frank O'Hara

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

Author: Jean Piaget

I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - You write backward Es!

Author: Hilary Putnam

Beneath words and logic are emotional connections that largely direct how we use our words and logic.

Author: Jane Roberts

We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.

Author: David Russell

Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?

Author: Jason Schwartzman

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal.

Author: Ben Shahn

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

Author: Elizabeth Stanton

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

Author: Rabindranath Tagore

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

Author: Bernard Voto

Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.

Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Author: Jason Cipriani

A dream is a wisp of logic floating through the realm of imagination.

Author: Phoenix Wright

Quotes on Logic

You reason color more than you reason drawing... Color has a logic as severe as form.

Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

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

Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.

Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.

I noticed this process of waking, and predicted with terrifying logic that one of these years not far away I would be awake continuously and never slip back, and never be free of myself again.

I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible.

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic to the form.

Here at Wisconsin we didn't get an undergraduate course in mathematical logic until the '60s.

There's always some kind of hidden logic.

He was very much concerned with logic and function, he always worked his solos out before playing them.

There's a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. It's very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but it's there to be seen.

Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you.

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - You write backward Es!

Beneath words and logic are emotional connections that largely direct how we use our words and logic.

We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.

Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal.

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

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

Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

A dream is a wisp of logic floating through the realm of imagination.