John D. MacDonald Quotes

I tend to make my most important decisions by following my instincts rather than any straightforward logic.

A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl thing.

He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain.

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

I've always been more comfortable making my decisions from the subconscious level, or more emotionally, because I find it is more truthful to me; Intellectually, I don't think like that because I get uncomfortable.

Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling.

It's awfully hard to get into the head of a liberal. Instead of logic and reason, they are drawn to emotions and feelings.

But feeling is so different from knowing. My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common sense has no power over me. Common nonsense takes possession of my soul.

The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.

A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.

The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.

You need to stop thinking with your head, Mud Boy, and start thinking with your heart.” Artemis sighed. The heart was an organ for pumping oxygen-rich blood to the cells. It could no more think than an apple could tap-dance.

We're not good at thinking fast. We are good at feeling fast.

There are no such self-deceivers as those who think they reason when they only feel.

It requires time to bring honest Men to think & determine alike even in important Matters. Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

You are 100% emotional in everything you think, feel and decide. You decide emotionally and justify logically.

Human beings are not creatures of logic; we are creatures of emotion. And we do not care what's true. We care how it feels.

Some people feel with their heads and think with their hearts.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?

I'm completely intuitive and I don't like to analyze things.

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate.

I think that women are wonderful but I've never met one yet who didn't show more feeling than logic.

Sometimes feeling and thinking are one and the same.

Life teaches us that human thought almost never walks hand in hand with logic, and it is usually counterproductive to raise the point.