--- title: "9 Knee jerk reactions Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Knee jerk reactions quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Knee jerk reactions sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/douglas-hurd-19856_bites_diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world_209054.png" --- > [Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hurd/diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world-of-knee-jerk-reaction-and-the/) [Douglas Hurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hurd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/douglas-hurd-19856_bites_diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world_209054.png) > [The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee- pad conservative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/the-only-thing-worse-than-a-knee-jerk-liberal-is-a-knee-pad/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/edward-abbey-254_conservative_the-only-thing-worse-than-a-knee-jerk-li_2180185.png) > [Since the only way you are going to find solutions to painful problems is by thinking deeply about them - i.e., reflecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/since-the-only-way-you-are-going-to-find-solutions-to-painful/) [Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/ray-dalio-299_evolve_since-the-only-way-you-are-going-to-find_163886.jpg) > [I was at CNBC for 20 years. I felt really great about covering the stock market, being on the floor, watching the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bartiromo/i-was-at-cnbc-for-20-years-i-felt-really-great-about-covering-the/) [Maria Bartiromo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bartiromo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/maria-bartiromo-12020_covering_i-was-at-cnbc-for-20-years-i-felt-really_2444699.jpg) > [When I'm on stage, and when I'm comfortable or uncomfortable, I have sort of a knee-jerk reaction to try to make people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-slate/when-i-m-on-stage-and-when-i-m-comfortable-or-uncomfortable-i-have/) [Jenny Slate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-slate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/jenny-slate-11864_comfortable_when-i-m-on-stage-and-when-i-m-comfortab_2225233.jpg) > [If you're working on better conditions for prisoners, if you make that a popular issue and you invite mainstream media to weigh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-for-prisoners-if-you-make-that/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/rachel-maddow-1240_approach_if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-f_47580.jpg) > [Australians and New Zealanders don't talk about Gallipoli in terms of invasion. I started talking about it and using that word and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-crowe/australians-and-new-zealanders-don-t-talk-about-gallipoli-in-terms-of/) [Russell Crowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-crowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/russell-crowe-3564_australians_australians-and-new-zealanders-don-t-tal_2583838.jpg) > [I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/i-didn-t-have-a-knee-jerk-reaction-like-some-people-did-to-the/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/jamie-foxx-3100_brutality_i-didn-t-have-a-knee-jerk-reaction-like_2604315.jpg) > [Our efforts for inclusive growth are holistic and not piecemeal; well planned and not knee jerk reactions; not for small changes but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/our-efforts-for-inclusive-growth-are-holistic-and-not-piecemeal-well/) [Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/narendra-modi-250_beneficiaries_our-efforts-for-inclusive-growth-are-hol_512579.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knee-jerk-reactions/#itemlist", "name": "Knee jerk reactions Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Hurd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hurd/diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world-of-knee-jerk-reaction-and-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/douglas-hurd-19856_bites_diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world_209054.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/douglas-hurd-19856_bites_diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world_209054.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/douglas-hurd-19856_bites_diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world_209054.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.” — Douglas Hurd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee- pad conservative…", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Abbey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/the-only-thing-worse-than-a-knee-jerk-liberal-is-a-knee-pad/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/edward-abbey-254_conservative_the-only-thing-worse-than-a-knee-jerk-li_2180185.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/edward-abbey-254_conservative_the-only-thing-worse-than-a-knee-jerk-li_2180185.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/edward-abbey-254_conservative_the-only-thing-worse-than-a-knee-jerk-li_2180185.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee- pad conservative…” — Edward Abbey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Since the only way you are going to find solutions to painful problems is by thinking deeply about them - i.e., reflecting - if you can develop a knee-jerk reaction to pain that is to reflect rather than to fight or flee, it will lead to your rapid learning/evolving.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Dalio" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/since-the-only-way-you-are-going-to-find-solutions-to-painful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/ray-dalio-299_evolve_since-the-only-way-you-are-going-to-find_163886.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/ray-dalio-299_evolve_since-the-only-way-you-are-going-to-find_163886.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/ray-dalio-299_evolve_since-the-only-way-you-are-going-to-find_163886.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Since the only way you are going to find solutions to painful problems is by thinking deeply about them…” — Ray Dalio", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was at CNBC for 20 years. I felt really great about covering the stock market, being on the floor, watching the daily knee-jerk reactions to the stock market..but the last three years, being at Fox, I've grown. I've learned more.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maria Bartiromo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bartiromo/i-was-at-cnbc-for-20-years-i-felt-really-great-about-covering-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/maria-bartiromo-12020_covering_i-was-at-cnbc-for-20-years-i-felt-really_2444699.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/maria-bartiromo-12020_covering_i-was-at-cnbc-for-20-years-i-felt-really_2444699.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/maria-bartiromo-12020_covering_i-was-at-cnbc-for-20-years-i-felt-really_2444699.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was at CNBC for 20 years. 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I'd like you to love me.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jenny Slate" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-slate/when-i-m-on-stage-and-when-i-m-comfortable-or-uncomfortable-i-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/jenny-slate-11864_comfortable_when-i-m-on-stage-and-when-i-m-comfortab_2225233.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/jenny-slate-11864_comfortable_when-i-m-on-stage-and-when-i-m-comfortab_2225233.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/jenny-slate-11864_comfortable_when-i-m-on-stage-and-when-i-m-comfortab_2225233.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I'm on stage, and when I'm comfortable or uncomfortable, I have sort of a knee-jerk reaction to try to…” — Jenny Slate", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're working on better conditions for prisoners, if you make that a popular issue and you invite mainstream media to weigh in on that subject, you're going to end up with a much more regressive public-policy environment than if you approach it in a quieter way. It's not because the public is stupid, it's just that people with only a cursory interest in something are going to have a knee-jerk reaction to it. That's impossible to explain in a cable-news media... it doesn't make sense.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachel Maddow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-for-prisoners-if-you-make-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/rachel-maddow-1240_approach_if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-f_47580.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/rachel-maddow-1240_approach_if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-f_47580.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/rachel-maddow-1240_approach_if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-f_47580.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're working on better conditions for prisoners, if you make that a popular issue and you invite…” — Rachel Maddow", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Australians and New Zealanders don't talk about Gallipoli in terms of invasion. 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And this is why our efforts in e-governance have been applauded the world over.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Narendra Modi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/our-efforts-for-inclusive-growth-are-holistic-and-not-piecemeal-well/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/narendra-modi-250_beneficiaries_our-efforts-for-inclusive-growth-are-hol_512579.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/narendra-modi-250_beneficiaries_our-efforts-for-inclusive-growth-are-hol_512579.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/narendra-modi-250_beneficiaries_our-efforts-for-inclusive-growth-are-hol_512579.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our efforts for inclusive growth are holistic and not piecemeal; well planned and not knee jerk reactions…” — Narendra Modi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knee-jerk-reactions/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knee-jerk-reactions/", "name": "Knee jerk reactions Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knee-jerk-reactions/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/douglas-hurd-19856_bites_diplomacy-is-unfashionable-in-the-world_209054.png" }, "description": "Browse 9 Knee jerk reactions quotes by 9 authors. 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