History Quotes / DontThinkFeel

->'''Peter:''' I thought as hard as I could, but all I could do was make a little ball.\\
'''Yondu:''' You ''thought?'' You think I control my [[EmpathicWeapon arrow]] with my ''head?''

->'''Lee:''' What was that? An exhibition? We need emotional content. [''Dramatic Pause''] Try again.
->(''Lao attempts a kick'')
->'''Lee:''' I said emotional content -- not anger! Now try again, with meaning!
->(''Lao attempts one kick, then another'')
->'''Lee:''' That's it! How did it feel to you?
->'''Lao:''' Let me think....
->'''Lee:''' (''[[DopeSlap smacks Lao]]'') Don't think! Feeeeeel! It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon.
->(''Lao looks up at Lee's finger and promptly gets smacked again'')
->'''Lee:''' Don't concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory.

->I'm gonna 'splain to you - remember that word, called 'splain, not explain, but I'mma 'splain to you what the Purdie Shuffle is all about...and I'm gonna 'splain to you, by playing it all.

->"Don't think, feel. Don't think, feel. If it feels nice just don't think twice."
-->-- Neil Diamond, "Don't Think, Feel"

->'''Max Mercury:''' When you run, do you think about running?\\

-->--'''Funky Kong''', ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry''

-->--'''Qui-Gon Jinn''', ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode I: Film/ThePhantomMenace''

->'''Gove:''' I think the people in this country have had enough of experts, with organizations from acronyms, saying—\\

'''Interviewer:''' This is proper Trump politics this, isn't it?\\
'''Gove:''' No it's actually a faith in the—\\

-->-- '''Michael Gove''', British politician

->'''John Keating:''' The picture of Uncle [[Creator/WaltWhitman Walt]] up there. What does he remind you of? Don't think. Answer. Go on.
->'''Todd Anderson:''' A madman.
->'''Keating:''' What kind of madman? Don't think about it. Just answer again.
->'''Todd:''' A crazy madman.
->'''Keating:''' No, you can do better than that. Free up your mind. Use your imagination. Say the first thing that pops into your head, even if it's total gibberish. Go on, go on.
->'''Todd:''' Uh, uh, a sweaty-toothed madman.
->'''Keating:''' Good God, boy, there's a poet in you, after all. There, close your eyes. Close your eyes. Close 'em. Now, describe what you see.
->(''Keating rests his hand over Todd's eyes and they start to spin around'')
->'''Todd:''' Uh, I-I close my eyes...
->'''Keating:''' Yes?
->'''Todd:''' Uh, and this image floats beside me...
->'''Keating:''' A sweaty-toothed madman?
->'''Todd:''' A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain.
->'''Keating:''' Oh, that's excellent. Now, give him action. Make him do something.
->'''Todd:''' H-His hands reach out and choke me...
->'''Keating:''' That's it. Wonderful. Wonderful.
->(''Keating removes his hand from Todd's face, however, Todd's eyes stay shut'')
->'''Todd:''' And, and all the time he's mumbling...
->'''Keating:''' What's he mumbling?
->'''Todd:''' Mumbling truth.
->'''Keating:''' Yeah, yes.
->'''Todd:''' Truth like... like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.
->(''the class laughs'')
->'''Keating:''' Forget them, forget them! Stay with the blanket. Tell me about that blanket!
->'''Todd:''' Y-Y-You push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying t-to the moment we leave dying, it'll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream.
->(''Todd reopens his eyes as there's silence, then the class applauds'')
->'''Keating:''' Don't you forget this.

->[''Lao attempts a kick'']

->[''Lao attempts one kick, then another'']

->'''Lee:''' [''smacks Lao''] Don't think! Feeeeeel. It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon.
->[''Lao looks up at Lee's finger and promptly gets smacked again'']

->[''student attempts a kick'']

->[''student attempts one kick, then another'']

->'''Student:''' Let me think....
->'''Lee:''' [''smacks student''] Don't think! Feeeeeel. It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon.
->[''student looks up at Lee's finger and promptly gets smacked again'']

->''One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans - anything except reason.''
-->--'''Thomas Sowell'''

->''The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.''
-->--also '''Thomas Sowell'''

->''"Feel, don't think. Use your instincts."''

->''"Don't Stop, keep movin'! Let your body do the brain work!"''

-->--'''Funky Kong''', ''WesternAnimation/DonkyKongCountry''

-->-- '''Music/{{Gorillaz}}''', "ClintEastwood"

--> -- '''EnterTheDragon'''

--> -- Neil Diamond, ''[[DontThinkFeel Don't Think, Feel]]''

-->''Music/{{Gorillaz}}'' - ClintEastwood
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-->''{{Gorillaz}}'' - ClintEastwood

->Lee: "What was that? An exhibition? We need emotional content. [Dramatic Pause] Try again."
->[student attempts a kick]
->''Lee: "I said emotional content. Not anger! Now try again, with meaning!"
->[student attempts one kick, then another]
->Lee: "That's it! How did it feel to you?"
->Student: "Let me think...."
->Lee: [smacks student] "Don't think! Feeeeeel. It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon."
->[student looks up at Lee's finger and promptly gets smacked again]
->Lee: "Don't concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory."
--> -- '''EnterTheDragon'''

--> -- Neil Diamond, ''[[{{Ptitle1qalhkkypz48}} Don't Think, Feel]]''