Abel Hermant Quotes

I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like; it is terrifying.”

Abel Hermant

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• I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

  

  Ralph Ellison
  • People
  • Mind
  • Man

• Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Mind
  • Love
  • Want

• Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Mind
  • War
  • Peace

• I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.

  

  Harold Perrineau
  • Mind
  • Fun
  • Interesting

• In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • Work
  • Long

• I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.

  

  Tecumseh
  • People
  • Mind
  • Rules

• I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

  

  Oscar Levant
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Reading

• Someone was asking me what my favorite outfit is, and 100%, without a doubt in my mind, is my forever lazy.

  

  Eden Sher
  • Mind
  • Forever
  • Lazy

• I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Mind
  • Stage
  • Naked

• I think the body is the ultimate thing. The soul and mind are part of the body. I don't think there is anything outside of that. Your physical self is who you are. Some people feel that that is reductionist, but I don't think it is. It's just true.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Mind
  • True

• A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.

  

  Abdoulaye Wade
  • Country
  • Mind
  • Age

• I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Mind
  • Me
  • Kind

• I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Trying

• I constantly compare myself to artists who have, like, 10 times the budget I do. My mind is the biggest challenge, honestly.

  

  Verite
  • Mind
  • Myself
  • Challenge

• Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered meditation. It enabled me to clear my mind of all the drama and focus on the music.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Mind
  • Job

• Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.

  

  Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Mind

• It would seem staggeringly arrogant to think we were the only ones in the universe, but at the same time, I don't know if contact has been made yet or not because you think something like that would be hard to cover up. I'm still on the fence. I keep an open mind about all of these things.

  

  Dean Haglund
  • Up
  • Time
  • Mind

• There are people in our world today and unfortunately in our political system, they do not believe in evil. They have the modern, western, secular mind set. They don't believe evil exists. They are exactly the ones who are in danger of getting blindsided by evil. Because they're not prepared for it.

  

  Joel C. Rosenberg
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind begins to take over.

  

  David Eddings
  • Mind
  • Moving
  • English

• I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

  

  Langston Hughes
  • People
  • Live
  • Freedom

• Atque eam natura ipsa videtur ad tolerandos facilius labores velut muneri nobis dedisse, si quidem et remigem cantus hortatur; nec solum in iis operibus in quibus plurium conatus praeeunte aliqua iucunda voce conspirat, sed etiam singulorum fatigatio quamlibet se rudi modulatione solatur.

  

  Quintilian

• In law school they teach you that everything is a contract; well, in poetry everything is a narrative.

  

  Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
  • School
  • Law
  • Teach

• You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Life
  • Thinking

• I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like; it is terrifying.”

  

  Abel Hermant
  • Mind
  • Honest
  • Scoundrel