“You are more likely to carry men with you by enlisting their feelings, than by convincing their reason. This applies, moreover, to companies of men even more than to individuals.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
Tag: emotions
Quote of the Day
“Nothing pleases us more than to observe in other men a fellow-feeling with all the emotions of our own breast; nor are we ever so much shocked as by the appearance of the contrary.” — Adam Smith, “Of the Pleasure of Mutual Sympathy,” The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they’re telling the truth. The fact is they’re using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they’re telling the truth about the human being—what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other.” — Maya Angelou, The Art of Fiction No. 119, The Paris Review
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“Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Sirens of Titan
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“The more important the emotion is, the fewer words required to express it.” — J. Michael Straczynski, JMSNews (2008-01-31)
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“Art is a deception that creates real emotions — a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.” — Marco Tempest, The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)
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