“Lawyers have a way of seeing that sets them apart from the rest of us. In some way this special vision makes them invaluable, and in other ways, repulsive. Lawyers are much more focused on rational, logical, and objective criteria to the exclusion of the emotional, subjective, and sometimes irrational reponses to the world. Moreover, lawyers like to show no emotion, and possess a particular disdain for the emotions that are found in others, which has the quality of making them seem inhuman.” WorldWaySometimesShowsSeemsFoundEmotionQualityVisionSeeingSpecialEmotionalParticularFocusedLawyerObjectivesRationalLogicalIrrationalSubjectiveCriteriaExclusionDisdainInhumanInvaluable Author:Thane Rosenbaum
“Horror is one of the few genres - romance and comedy are the other two that come to mind - that's all emotion-driven. It's not a rational genre, like science fiction is. It's irrational by nature. And it is capable of exploring all aspects of human experience.” MindHumansTwoRomanceEmotionFictionComedyHorrorCapableAspectScience FictionDrivenRationalGenreIrrationalExploringHuman Experience Author:Stephen R. Bissette
“... there is no such thing as a rational world and a separate irrational world, but only one world containing both.” WorldLifeReasonEmotionRationalIrrationalContaining Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses
“A successful trader is rational, analytical, able to control emotions, practical, and profit oriented.” AbleEmotionSuccessfulProfitPracticalsRationalTraders Author:Monroe Trout
“Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.” KnowsDoeMatterChoicesEmotionEmotionalProductsConnectionsLoyaltyRationalBrandsConsumersMarketersEmotional ConnectionRational ThoughtBrand Loyalty Author:Mark McKinnon
“I would like to see our society mature, and become more rational and more knowledge-based, less emotion-based.” EmotionRationalOur SocietyMatureMore Knowledge Author:George Lucas
“It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise - easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that 'good' men in positions of power will produce evil, while the ordinary man without power but able to engage in voluntary cooperation with his neighbors will produce good, requires analysis and thought, subordinating emotions to the rational.” IfsMenBelieveWellsSelfWould BeAblePoliticalEvilPoliticsSocialEasyTermViewsEmotionPositionProduceActivityOrdinaryPraiseNeighborAriseRationalAnalysisGood ManCooperationSatisfyingTemptingOrdinary ManEvil ManPosition Of PowerTerm LimitsSelf PraiseSocial Evils Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“However much the various phases of the French Revolution may have modelled themselves on Roman history the early phase on Republican virtue, the later on Imperial grandeur the fact remains that classicism depended on a fixed and rational philosophy; whereas the spirit of the Revolution was one of change and of emotion.” MayPhilosophyFactsSpiritEmotionVirtueRevolutionRepublicanRemainsVariousRationalFixedPhasesGrandeurFrench RevolutionClassicism Book:The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art Source: The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art
“I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making - just the facts.” FactsDecisionEmotionEmotionalInvestmentInvestingRationalDecision Making Author:Bill Ackman
“Even the charities I give to are related to things that touch my life, like the Special Olympics. I'm not fully rational; I'm swayed by my biases and my emotions.” GivingEmotionSpecialCharityRationalRelatedOlympicsSpecial Olympics Author:Paul Bloom