Mercedes Lackey Quotes

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

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

… all raw emotion and little knowledge

To me, the worst thing is to just be knee-jerk and emotional.

When I lose a big pot, I go a little crazy.

Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made.

When I'm angry, like, if someone gets me really upset, whatever comes into my head, I scream it.

Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world.

Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.

On the field, sometimes passion overwhelms you, and you do things you regret afterward.

Fear makes you do stupid things.

Okay, well, I guess I'm still a kid. Because when I get really angry and fired up and I feel like my back is up against the wall, I will say vicious things.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Fan reactions are crazy sometimes.

My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.

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

In Quebec, people are moved too often by passion and too little by intelligence.

There's times where I get emotionally hijacked, then I'll try and force something and do something.

When you react to things, that's when you get into trouble and it's tough to completely control a split-second reaction.

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

I never fight with reason- I just ignore it.

Irrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.