Suzanne Vega Quotes

I'm going to fight the force of emotions by that of intellect

Italians think with their heads.

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

I don't make decisions with my heart, I use my brain to think things through.

I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.

I'm very rational. I tend to let my head rule my heart.

Don't let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

Never let your emotions overrule your head.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions.

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

Reason without passion is sterile, but passion without reason is hysteria.

Emotion works against you. The less emotion, the more you use your brain and fight smart.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

I am a logical person and can handle situations calmly.

A lot of people do impulsive things. They just go with their moves. I used to do that. Once I was able to control my mind, I was able to control my actions.

Give them your brains, girl, never your guts.