Karl A. Menninger Quotes

Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.

Karl A. Menninger

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• I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Money
  • Why
  • Job

• My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Up
  • Job
  • Wife

• Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Beauty
  • Same
  • Old

• I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • Years
  • Go
  • University

• Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Facebook
  • Web
  • Applications

• Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Military
  • Two
  • Fiji

• The true character of ministry is a servants heart.

  

  Harold Warner
  • Heart
  • Character
  • True

• It's actually harder to write a fun song.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • Fun
  • Song
  • Write

• It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Time
  • Men
  • Power

• Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Strength
  • Graceful
  • Elves

• In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.

  

  Nathaniel Rich
  • People
  • Work
  • May

• I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Criticism
  • Comfortable
  • Okay

• I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.

  

  Oliver Cromwell
  • Government
  • Wood
  • Sheep

• People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Music
  • Way

• I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Life
  • Mother
  • Energy

• In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.

  

  Federico Garcia Lorca
  • World
  • Country
  • Alive

• I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.

  

  Hanneli Mustaparta
  • Work
  • Challenge
  • Work Hard

• I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • People
  • God
  • Believe

• Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves.

  

  David Vitter
  • America
  • Strong
  • Confidence

• We've restored life where life was extinct. It's no longer sufficient to bring the dead back to life. We must create from the beginning, we must build up our own creature, build it up from nothing.

  

  Jimmy Sangster
  • Life
  • Up
  • Beginning

• In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was able to reinvent my type a bit, which was essential in booking the role of Amanda on 'Ugly Betty.' I don't believe I would have auditioned for that role in N.Y.

  

  Becki Newton
  • Believe
  • Me
  • Friend

• At the earliest ending of winter, In March, a scrawny cry from outside Seemed like a sound in his mind. He knew that he heard it, A bird's cry, at daylight or before, In the early March wind.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Mind
  • Wind
  • Bird

• Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Process
  • Slavery
  • Dulling

• Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.

  

  Karl A. Menninger
  • Life
  • Spirit
  • Mark