“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
“To think that God is compassionate is a terrible mistake. To think that God is wrathful is equally stupid. God isn't emotional. You are. To superimpose your emotions on infinity is typically human.” ThinkingHumansGodEmotionMistakeCompassionStupidEmotionalTerribleInfinityCompassionate Author:Frederick Lenz
“Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.” SoulReasonEmotionLibertyTroubleHeroTerribleAspectSightBraveryRaisesExtraordinaryCalmAccidentsPreservesDisorderSurprisingPeril Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.” PeopleMindSoulStatesReasonUseUsedEnjoyEmotionTroubleDangerProduceHeroTerribleQuietOrdinaryBraveryRaisesCalmAccidentsPreservesMidstDisorderInwardFearlessnessStrength Of MindPresence Of Mind Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“I hide my emotions mainly because you don't want somebody to know that you feel sorry for them, because they will feel worse, or because you don't want someone to know or see your fear. If someone like a sick kid or a burn victim sees your fear, they respond to how you respond. And if you show them it's terrible, they will get upset. It's something I've learned over the years.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsYearsShowsKidsEmotionTerribleSickVictimSorryUpsetI've LearnedSick Kids Author:Angelina Jolie
“I do think of emotions as being on a circular path, so you can feel terrible and terrible and terrible, and then all of a sudden it becomes quite funny.” ThinkingFeelsEmotionPathTerrible Author:Daniel Handler
“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.” LoveNeedsGivingPassionBornEmotionTerribleAffectionEnormousLife And LoveI Love LifeBest Ever LoveSad LifeMature LoveSad FeelingNeeded LoveTrue Affection Author:Audrey Hepburn
“A lot of people with high IQs are terrible investors because they've got terrible temperaments. And that is why we say that having a certain kind of temperament is more important than brains. You need to keep raw irrational emotion under control. You need patience and discipline and an ability to take losses and adversity without going crazy. You need an ability to not be driven crazy by extreme success” PeopleNeedsKindImportantCertainLossAbilityEmotionBrainCrazyDisciplineTerribleAdversityExtremesDrivenInvestorsIrrationalTemperamentGoing Crazy Author:Charlie Munger
“It really doesn’t matter how the manager is. If you make a mistake and the manager is calm, you still feel terrible for making that mistake. It helps to have a manager who can be cool but as an individual you tend to be in control of your own emotions.” IfsFeelsStillsMatterHelpingIndividualEmotionMistakeTerribleCalmManagersBeing Cool Author:Joleon Lescott
“You have to understand your own psychology. You have to understand that human beings weren't really designed to invest. We have all these emotions that are appropriate responses if you're being chased by a tiger, but they're terrible responses if you've got a 30-year time horizon to think about investment or when you're trying to manage investment over 30 years.” IfsThinkingTryingYearsHumansHuman BeingsEmotionPsychologyTerribleInvestmentResponseManageAppropriateHorizonTigers Author:William J. Bernstein
“We suffer from a terrible poverty of civic discourse in this country. Surely, it is outside of America's best traditions to send the signal that patriotism is mindless emotion, that leadership is avoiding saying tough things, that citizenship is toeing the line. But such is the result of a lack of openness, our nervousness with debate.” CountryAmericaSufferingLinesResultsEmotionPovertyTerribleToughTraditionDebateOpennessCitizenshipAvoidingDiscourseSignalsCivicsMindlessNervousnessTough Things Author:Geneva Overholser