Sentence examples for irrational persistence from inspiring English sources
At the heart of our irrational persistence are the demons of guilt and fear.
Strong visions of the future have played a part in the irrational persistence needed to push through transformative technological change: whether that is the development of alternating current or PayPal.
Kraus, who'd earlier co-founded two companies — Excite and Jotspot — shared a range of founder-friendly advice, including what GV and Kraus in particular look for in founding teams ("irrational persistence"), along with some of the missteps that Kraus sees founders make, including "wanting to do everything at once".
President Obama appears to get it now, but this does not mean that the irrational persistence among conservatives to push less regulation, tax cuts and smaller government as guideposts on the road to prosperity will ever change.
Optimism has never been "cool" -- there is something silly, naïve, goofy, irrational in the persistence of optimism.
Mr. McConnell was especially vocal, describing Mr. Kasich's persistence as irrational because he has no plausible path to the nomination, several senators said.
The alleged crucial role of irrational beliefs in the persistence of complaints points to the vital importance of individuals' ability to draw adequate conclusions.
It implies the persistence of a class of irrational investors.
But if misdirected, persistence can cause you to overwork yourself, and perfectionism can cause you to fixate on meaningless or irrational ideals, such as extreme thinness or starvation, and then conflate them with identity.
Woody Allen's Irrational Man is another of the amiable but forgettable and underpowered jeux d'esprit that he produces with an almost somnambulist consistency and persistence.
