“Passion's a good, stupid horse that will pull the plough six days a week if you give him the run of his heels on Sundays. But love's a nervous, awkward, over-mastering brute; if you can't rein him, it's best to have no truck with him.” IfsGivingRunningPassionWeekStupidSixHorseNervousSundayAwkwardHeelsTruckBrutesReins Book:Gaudy Night Source: Gaudy Night
“I'm tired of the 'can't win against evil' way. I'm sorry, you cannot. They'll run you over. So that is my one big passion. 'Ten Stupid Things People Do to Let Evil Win' - that will be my next passion book. I am angry.” PeopleWayBookBigsRunningPassionEvilNextWinningStupidTenAngerAngryTiredSorryI'm SorryI'm TiredStupid ThingsCan't Win Author:Laura Schlessinger
“Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it.” MenGovernmentPoliticalPassionStupidInstitutionsFoundationMiserableBreastsBrutalPolitical Institutions Book:The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections
“There are many qualities of a great leader. Passion is one, empathy is another, listening is another, decisiveness is another. I think a great leader makes people feel comfortable, so that they feel that they're allowed to be stupid, they're not afraid to give their opinions.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsPassionQualityLeaderOpinionStupidListeningComfortableEmpathyNot AfraidGreat LeaderDecisiveness Author:Sherry Lansing
“I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it would be stupid for me to box.” ChildrenWould BePassionStupidHorseBoxesSoccerBoxing Author:Andrea Bocelli
“Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as she contemplated how deliciously self-destructive it would be, almost erotic, to be married to a man so nearly handsome, so hugely rich, so unfathomably stupid. He would fill her with his big-faced children, all of them loud, boneheaded boys with a passion for guns and football and aeroplanes.” MenFirstsChildrenSelfBigsWould BePassionFeltBoysRichMinutesStupidFootballMarriedGunLoudPleasantDestructiveSensationsStomachHandsomeEroticBeing MarriedDeliverySinkingAeroplanesSelf Destructive Author:Ian Mcewan
“When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in--that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.” PeopleKnowsSaidEnoughPassionStrongWishAnswersEnemyStupidStrongerGood ThingsRagePrincessStrong EnoughStupid ThingsLittle Princess Book:A Little Princess Source: A Little Princess