Illogical Conclusion Quotes

It is not merely that Johnny can't read, or even that Johnny can't think. Johnny doesn't know what thinking is, because thinking is so often confused with feeling. … The phrase ‘I feel’ is often used by American students to introduce a conclusion, rather than say ‘I think,’ or ‘I know,’ much less ‘I conclude.’ Unfortunately, ‘I feel’ is often the most accurate term…

What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.

I can't be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I'd be mad, and I'm not mad, so trees can't talk.

By your logic I should also be in charge of Solinade dances, needlework, and horse thieving.

Obviously something is wrong with the entire argument of "obviousness".

You can put a cat in an oven, but that don't make it a biscuit.

The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.

An idea is a sham … when it claims to be the embodiment of eternal truth yet cannot stand the light of even temporary reason

I haven’t changed my mind. That’s the point! I want to spend my life with you even though it’s totally irrational. And you have short earlobes. Socially and genetically there’s no reason for me to be attracted to you. The only logical conclusion is that I must be in love with you.

If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner.

What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning!

Just to prove that even the silliest idea can be pursued to its illogical conclusion, Legal Realism spawned Critical Legal Studies.