Quotes About Reactions

No one in the family has ever really gotten over Bob's death. We talk of him daily, recounting stories and imagining what his reactions would be to new books and recent events. He remains for my family the perfect model of how you can be gone but ever present in the lives of people who loved you, in the same way that your favorite books stay with you for your entire life, no matter how long it's been since you turned the last page.

depth. It is not, however, events either past or present which make us feel the way we feel, but our interpretation of those events. Our feelings

We may give more offense by our silence than even by impertinence.

She also gained confidence that the world would still continue to exist if she allowed her somatic and emotional reactions to be present, meaning that she would not be abandoned again and that she would not lose herself if she made space for her reactions and self-regulating responses. 4. Case Story

She also gained confidence that the world would still continue to exist if she allowed her somatic and emotional reactions to be present, meaning that she would not be abandoned again and that she would not lose herself if she made space for her reactions and self-regulating responses.

How we view ourselves and define ourselves is perhaps the most essential paradigm we have as human beings. It determines all of our actions and reactions.

The students are asked to rate their level of surprise on a five-point scale from 'not surprised at all' to 'beyond shock'. Many describe feelings of total shock and numbness: a large majority indicate some level of surprise. He asks them: "Why were you surprised?

Maya Soetoro-Ng declined comment to a reporter, but a family friend explained that "she was furious" over Barack's comments about their grandmother. His characterization of her "seemed completely gratuitous, even cruel," one critic rightly thought, and one of the late Stanley Dunham's close friends acidly remarked, "I have a far better opinion of both Stan and Madelyn than I have heard from Barry's speeches.

If the strength of our feelings was in proportion to the events that provoke them, the world would not be the place it is

The additional R is that of resistance. When you bring in changes there is opposition from those who do not want to have change. This is to be expected, and yet we continue to be surprised by this resistance when it occurs.

There are people who can't stand me, they say, 'God, he makes me sick', or, 'He's creepy', but it doesn't affect me too badly.

When you go out for drinks, tell people to bring in a news story that made them say "Oh my god." Talk about it.

People are not in a good mood when any politician's face appears on television.

I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.

Great news for someone is always bad news for someone else

At the end of the day, the key to happiness is taking ultimate responsibility for your reactions to all of your experiences - the good and the chaotic.

Radiate a Smile with a Happy Face, and you make everyone Happy, Make a sad faceand you Scare everyone !

Emotions are not problems to be solved. They are signals to be interpreted.

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.

I always think of the good comebacks on the car ride home.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

You never can expect what people's reactions are going to be. You can only hope that everyone feels the way that you do.

I played in a death-metal band. People either loved us or hated us. Or they thought we were OK.

Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's no faking it.