J. William Fulbright Quotes

People who never get carried away should be.

I am a commonsense sort of a person, and I don't get carried away with emotion and fears.

I try to stay pretty level-headed and just do what I have to do.

Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

It's never as good as it feels, and it's never as bad as it seems.

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

I tend not to get too excited and surprised about things.

I am not the sort of character to get carried away.

One thing I'll never do is panic.

Let the sap of reason quench the fire of passion.

Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: to climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first: anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England Can advise me like you: be to yourself As you would to your friend.

Don't get carried away when things go well, don't get carried away when they go badly.

I am very angry, and you don't need angry politicians. You need politicians with great balance.

Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.

I'm quite reasonable and level-headed.

Regardless of what the stakes are, our attitude and our mindset doesn't change.

I try never to get too high or too low. You have to keep that medium.

I see Jughead as being generally this really rational dude, this anchor of sensibility in a world of boy/girl-crazy friends.

I try to be positive and calm all the time.

When things are down, we can't hit the panic button, and when things are up, we can't relax. We've just got to stay consistent.

I am a logical person and can handle situations calmly.

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