Overreactions Quotes & Sayings

It doesn't give me displeasure to hear of a virgin being raped. The lot of women is to be fornicated. — L. Ron Hubbard

A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men. — Bertrand Russell

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead. — Harold Rosenberg

Policies are organizational scar tissue. They are codified overreactions to situations that are unlikely to happen again. They are collective punishment for the misdeeds of an individual. This is how bureaucracies are born. No one sets out to create a bureaucracy. They sneak up on companies slowly. They are created one policy - one scar - at a time. So don't scar on the first cut. Don't create a policy because one person did something wrong once. Policies are only meant for situations that come up over and over again. — Jason Fried

Strong feelings are fine; it's the overreactions that mess us up. — Albert Ellis

As the 'critic of color,' I'm frequently asked to review Indian and Pakistani writers. — Parul Sehgal

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys. — Robert Baden-Powell

Invariably when something upsets you, and you have a strong emotional reaction out of proportion to the moment, your shadow self has just been exposed. So watch for any overreactions or overdenials. — Richard Rohr

The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions. — Seth Klarman

Terrorism, like theater, is a competition for audience. Shocking events are designed to capture attention, polarize, and provoke overreactions from their targets. — Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Fear is the original sin," wrote John Foster. "Almost all the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something. — L.M. Montgomery

Every moment of the day - indeed, every moment throughout one's life - offers an opportunity to be relaxed and responsive or to suffer unnecessarily. — Sam Harris

Many in the audience consider leaving.
If anyone leaves, let them leave.
The theatre is not a prison.
If anyone coughs, cough also.
The Theatre is not a sickbed.
We minister to the audience.
We revere the pains of the audience. — Lem Doolittle