“The artist who paints the emotions creates an enclosed world... the picture... which, like a book, has the same interest no matter where it happens to be. Such an artist, we may imagine, spends a great deal of time doing nothing but looking, both around him and inside him.” WorldMayBookMatterHappensArtistInterestDealsEmotionImaginePaintDoing Nothing Author:Pierre Bonnard
“What happens with fear is that probability doesn't matter very much. That is, once I have raised the possibility that something terrible can happen to your child, even though the possibility is remote, you may find it very difficult to think of anything else. Emotion becomes dominant.” ThinkingMayChildrenMatterHappensFearDifficultEmotionPossibilityTerribleOur ChildrenRaisedYour ChildrenDominantProbability Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Comparison with something that is better is the thief of joy. Comparison with something that is worse is a joy - full of relief and gratitude! You cannot always choose what happens to you or your circumstances but you can always choose your attitude by what you choose to compare your experiences or circumstances to and therefore how you will feel!! We can make any experience either a heaven or a hell by what we compare it to. Our emotions are 'an inside job!'” FeelsHappensJobsJoyHeavenEmotionAttitudeHellCircumstancesGratitudeCompareReliefComparisonYou ChooseThieves Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“When your account has these massive swings up and down, there's a tendency to feel a rush when the market is going your way and devastation when it's going against you. These emotions do absolutely nothing to make you a good trader. It's far better to keep the equity swings manageable and strive for a sense of balance each day, no matter what happens.” WayFeelsMatterHappensEmotionBalanceAccountsNo Matter WhatStriveTendenciesEach DayMassiveSwingsEquityUp And DownAbsolutely NothingTradersDevastationManageable Author:Tom Basso
“To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind of every personage concerned in it, and know precisely how they would be affected by what happens; which to do requires a colossal intellect: but to describe a separate emotion delicately, it is only needed that one should feel it oneself; and thousands of people are capable of feeling this or that noble emotion, for one who is able to enter into all the feelings of someone sitting on the other side of the table.” PeopleKnowsFeelsShouldMindStoriesFeelingsHappensWould BeAbleSidesEmotionNeededCapableSittingConcernedTablesOneselfIntellectNobleAffectedColossal Author:John Ruskin
“Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre) is probably one of the most personal songs from the new [September, 2007] CD, "90 Millas" . . . as it really speaks about the celebration, nostalgia and emotion that will happen the day Cuba is free. If we're to move forward in Cuba, we really have to have a lot of forgiveness for each other and look towards the future.” IfsLooksHappensMovingSongSpeakEmotionSeaNostalgiaMoving ForwardCelebrationSeptemberCubaCdsLibre Author:Gloria Estefan
“When I hear the name Michael Jackson, I think of brilliance, of dazzling stars, lasers and deep emotions. I think he is one of the world's biggest and greatest stars, and it just so happens that he is one of the most gifted music makers the world has ever known. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock, and Soul. I love you Michael.” PeopleThinkingWorldSoulHappensNamesStarsEmotionKnownRocksLove YouPlanetsKingsPopsMakersGiftedFinestBrillianceDazzlingEstimationLasersDeep Emotions Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight.” KnowsYearsFeelingsHappensEmotionKnow HowEmotionalColdFighterTake TimeIt Takes TimeManipulator Author:Mike Tyson
“I have always employed humor, and I think it’s absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion. I mean, you can compel fear, as we know. You can compel love, actually, if somebody is isolated and dependent — it’s like the Stockholm syndrome. But you can’t compel laughter. It happens when two things come together and make a third unexpectedly. It happens when you learn something, too.” KnowsMeanTwoHumorHappensTogetherEmotionLaughterThirdsTwo ThingsLove Actually Author:Gloria Steinem
“What happens to children and families today who sit around the television? They're watching made-up stories. It's not their experience and it's not truly shared. A human being must learn at a very young age how to connect to other human beings. Our technologies are driving us apart, only connecting us in terms of information, not in terms of emotions.” HumansChildrenMadeStoriesHappensAgeTodayYoungTermHuman BeingsEmotionTechnologyInformationTelevisionDrivingConnectingYoung AgeMade Up StoriesFamilies Today Book:Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“And yet humanity is so not evolved that how can you expect anything absolutely major to happen? Look how long, we move ahead in technology, how much do we move ahead in morality or emotion? We move ahead so minimally, minimally, minimally.” LooksLongHappensMovingHumanityEmotionTechnologyMoralityMajorsMoving Ahead Author:Lily Tomlin
“You can't always trust your emotions. You can't always trust your feelings. And I'm not talking about pain but I'm talking about more about life issues where something happens to you or somebody says something to you or somebody said nothing to you and you're waiting for them to say something to you.” SaidFeelingsHappensPainWaitingEmotionTalkingIssuesThings HappenNot Talking Author:Nick Vujicic
“When you want something enough, it brings out primal emotions. You get into this place of 'must happen, must happen.'” WantEnoughHappensEmotionWant SomethingPrimal Author:Chris Pine
“In public, I hardly ever show feelings. That's what happens when everything you do is put under a magnifying glass. But if you've spent some time hiding behind your public mask, and you're back in your own environment, then all that suppressed emotions still has to be set loose. As a result you are going to behave like a nutcase. I think thats why so many people who are famous go nuts.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsShowsFeelingsHappensResultsEmotionBehindsEnvironmentGlassesBehaveMaskHidingNutsMagnifyingMagnifying Glass Author:Robert Pattinson
“When you're wearing an animal costume and something bad happens, your facial expression doesn't change. The animal is deadpan the whole time. If you're skiing in a gorilla suit and you fall, you just see a gorilla who has no emotion. It's just a stoic gorilla, wildly falling down a hill, out of control.” IfsWholeHappensFallAnimalEmotionExpressionSuitsHillsCostumesFalling DownSkiingStoicFacialGorillasFacial Expression Author:Demetri Martin
“If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.” IfsMeanPersonsDoeSoulHappensCertainPartyEmotionColdIndividualityCollectionsLongevityFragilityUncoolFreezerCool Person Author:Alber Elbaz
“When you try to cool down hot emotions, what tends to happen is that you end up either repressing them or losing them altogether. Neither is desirable. Without emotion, much social interaction loses its meaning, or changes for the worse.” TryingEndsHappensSocialLosesEmotionLosingHotInteractionDesirableSocial InteractionCool Down Author:Julian Baggini
“In the scheme of life, in emotion and loss, I responded the way I did. I lost. I shouldn't have responded that way. I've had some people tell me that I did a great thing - sticking up for myself - but to me, personally, with the way that I handled my emotions, I lost. But I learned. That will not happen again.” PeopleWayHappensLostLossEmotionGreat ThingsSchemes Author:Mike Tyson
“Being true to yourself involves showing and sharing emotion. The spirit that motivates most great storytellers is 'I want you to feel what I feel,' and the effective narrative is designed to make this happen. That's how the information is bound to the experience and rendered unforgettable.” WantFeelsHappensSpiritEmotionInformationBoundsBeing TrueNarrativeI Want YouStorytellerBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfUnforgettable Author:Peter Guber
“Grief will happen either as an open healing wound or a closed festering wound, either honestly or dishonestly, either appropriately or inappropriately. But emotions will be expressed.” HappensGriefEmotionHealingWoundsHonestlyFestering Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“The years of imprisonment hardened me ... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life ... there is no longer anything I can fear. There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.” IfsWayYearsHas BeensI CanDoneMomentsGovernmentHappensPainNextGivenFearWaitingEmotionKnownCasesHavensPrisonBlowImprisonmentHardened Author:Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
“Teens wanted things that were real, that they connected with, it doesn't have to reflect reality directly. They love 'The Hunger Games' not because it's real in that it happens, but the emotions there are real, and it's very relatable.” LoveRealRealityHappensWantedGamesEmotionHungerConnectedTeensRelatable Author:David Levithan
“[While voicing] you have to create a feeling for what happened before a scene, what's going to happen after a scene, and what you are doing in a scene. You need to use your imagination even more and once your emotions are up, then your voice and expressions will go accordingly.” NeedsUseFeelingsHappensVoiceImaginationEmotionHappenedExpressionScene Author:James Hong
“Mistakes happen. Not every one of my suspensions was purposeful or intentional. A lot of that stuff happens spur of the moment in the middle of a game. I think I can bring that to the table. Sometimes emotions get the best of you. Things happen.” ThinkingI CanSometimesMomentsHappensGamesStuffEmotionMistakeMiddleTablesThings HappenSpursSuspensionStuff HappensSpur Of The MomentMistakes Happen Author:Chris Pronger
“Golf is like acting in that both require concentration and relaxation at the same time. In acting, you can't push emotion. You have to let it rise from you naturally. Same thing in golf. You have to have a plan and a focus; but then you need to just let it happen and enjoy the smooth movement of the swing.” NeedsHappensEnjoyActingEmotionFocusPlansMovementGolfConcentrationSwingsSmoothRelaxation Author:Jane Seymour
“I think the only way you can get something out is to invest some real emotion into it, which means you're already writing about what's going to happen to you, whether you know it or not. That's why I'm always surprised when people talk about writer's block. Because to me, it can't be stopped.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWritingMeanRealHappensEmotionBlockWriter's BlockReal Emotion Author:Grant Morrison
“Sometimes it's an external approach where one can learn the skills required, let's say, learn to play the trumpet and in that process other things happen. It's magical: through the process of practicing four hours a day you start focusing on emotion and when you pick up the trumpet it's filled with feeling.” SometimesPlayFeelingsHappensProcessHoursEmotionFourSkillsApproachPicksFilledThings HappenTrumpets Author:Richard Gere
“The joy and happiness it gives you or the emotions you go through when you hold your child in your arms for the first time are indescribable! I really thought that there was going be this moment when a ray of light from heaven would come pouring in, background music would start playing with angels singing, but none of that happens!” GivingFirstsChildrenMomentsLightHappensJoyHeavenEmotionArmsSingingAngelFirst TimeOur ChildrenBackgroundsYour ChildrenRaysPouringJoy And HappinessIndescribableRays Of LightBackground MusicAngels Singing Author:Abhishek Bachchan
“I believe that part of what propels science is the thirst for wonder. It's a very powerful emotion. All children feel it. In a first grade classroom everybody feels it; in a twelfth grade classroom almost nobody feels it, or at least acknowledges it. Something happens between first and twelfth grade, and it's not just puberty. Not only do the schools and the media not teach much skepticism, there is also little encouragement of this stirring sense of wonder. Science and pseudoscience both arouse that feeling. Poor popularizations of science establish an ecological niche for pseudoscience.” FeelsFirstsBelieveChildrenLittlesFeelingsHappensSchoolI BelievePoorPowerfulEmotionWonderTeachMediaEncouragementThings HappenAcknowledgeGradesClassroomSkepticismThirstVery PowerfulNicheEcologicalStirringPubertySense Of WonderPseudosciencePowerful Emotions Author:Carl Sagan
“I happen to be a very passionate person, so when I first feel emotional pain, I take it very hard. I'll more than likely have a mild breakdown for a few moments, but I allow myself to feel these emotions, release them, and learn to use that hurt as my strength for change. I believe that you can take all experiences and use them as knowledge and fuel to be a better person.” FeelsFirstsBelievePersonsHardMomentsUseHappensPainI BelieveHurtEmotionEmotionalPassionateReleaseFuelBreakdownBetter PersonEmotional PainBeing A Better Person Author:Allison Holker
“You accept whatever happens in the present moment, the only place where it can happen. Internally, you fully accept what is happening, and what is happening may include an emotion, a stream of anxiety that suddenly comes up within you.” MayMomentsHappensEmotionAcceptingAnxietyHappeningsCome UpStreamsPresent MomentWithin YouWhatever Happens Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The emotion is the execution of a very complex program of actions. Some actions that are actually movements, like movement that you can do, change your face for example, in fear, or movements that are internal, that happen in your heart or in your gut, and movements that are actually not muscular movements, but rather, releases of molecules.” HeartHappensActionFacesCan DoEmotionExampleMovementProgramComplexesReleaseGutsInternalsYour FaceExecutionMolecules Author:Antonio Damasio
“When terrorism is directly aiming at Western countries, it is automatically and abnormally enlarged in order to instill emotions and fear. However, when attacks happen in the Middle East, is it conveniently downplayed and less talked about. Unless they would benefit more from a heavy coverage.” CountryHappensOrderEmotionMiddleBenefitsWesternHeavyTerrorismEastMiddle EastCoverageInstill Author:Tariq Ramadan