Emotion Vs Reason Quotes

College professors are suspect because whenever emotion is in control, anti-intellectualism prevails.

Pundits, media companies and politicians have discovered that it is emotion, not reason, that wins votes and pulls in eyeballs. It’s fun and lucrative while it lasts, but the Greeks and Romans can tell you precisely what it does to a civilization in the long run.

A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

If you ant to feel deeply, you have to think deeply. Too often we separate the two. We assume that if we want to feel deeply, then we need to sit around and, well, feel. But emotion built on emotion is empty. True emotion- emotion that is reliable and does not lead us astray- is always a response to reality, to truth.

There comes a point where emotions must give way to objective facts.

Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.

One must differentiate between one's thoughts and one's emotions with full clarity and precision...No discussion, cooperation, agreement, or understanding is possible among men who substitute emotion for proof.

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

Hey, China - a little insight into how we American women think: We're damn smart and we will willingly respond with emotion when presented with a set of facts.

Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.