When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels.
Margaret ThatcherRead
It is one of the great weaknesses of reasonable men and women that they imagine that projects which fly in the face of commonsense are not serious or being seriously undertaken.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote suggests that rational individuals often underestimate the seriousness of irrational projects.
Margaret Thatcher's quote highlights a common flaw among reasonable people: the tendency to dismiss projects or ideas that contradict conventional wisdom as trivial or insincere. This perspective can lead to a misunderstanding of the motivations behind such projects and an oversight of their potential impact, regardless of how irrational they may seem at first glance.
Themes
Common SenseProjectsReasonSeriousnessIrrational
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion on innovative business strategies that seem illogical, this quote can remind us to consider the motivations behind unconventional approaches.
More from Margaret Thatcher
All quotes →Never in the history of human credit has so much been owed.
Margaret ThatcherRead
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
Margaret ThatcherRead
Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.
Margaret ThatcherRead
Israel must never be expected to jeopardize her security: if she was ever foolish enough to do so, and then suffered for it, the backlash against both honest brokers and Palestinians would be immense - 'land for peace' must also bring peace.
Margaret ThatcherRead
If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.
Margaret ThatcherRead
Similar quotes
Relying on the power of kindness is a sensitive undertaking. The challenge is to inspire people to be kind more often without tainting the selflessness that comes from doing something nice with no ulterior motive.
Daniel LubetzkyRead
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.
Daniel GolemanRead
Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRead
Time is the coin of our live. We must take care how we spend it.
Carl SandburgRead
The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you're worrying about whether you're hopeful, or hopeless, or pessimistic, or optimistic, who cares? The main thing is that you're showing up, that you're here and that you're finding ever more capacity to love this world because it will not be healed without that. That was what is going to unleash our intelligence and our ingenuity and our solidarity for the healing of our world.
Joanna MacyRead
When you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear. When you do the right things in the right way you have nothing to lose because you have nothing to fear.
Zig ZiglarRead