Avicenna Quotes

As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.

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• When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Money
  • Done
  • Freedom

• It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.

  

  Jackie Stewart
  • Time
  • Done
  • Past

• The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • May
  • Man
  • Wise

• I was scared, because I knew that in the political arena, you have to satisfy so many different types of people at once, and I wasn't sure that I could speak for everybody and be politically correct.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • People
  • Different
  • Political

• Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.

  

  Ursula Andress
  • Good
  • Try
  • Hobby

• I got into one of the schools I applied to because of the essay I wrote about Holly Hunter's character in 'Broadcast News.' She's the only female producer on this news network, and she's really good at her job, but she allots time in her day to just sit at her desk and cry. And then she's just back to work. I find that really effective.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Time
  • Work
  • Character

• The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism.

  

  Felix Adler
  • Simple
  • Meeting
  • Devoid

• I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

  

  Harold MacMillan
  • Action
  • Government
  • Down

• I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

  

  Iain Banks
  • People
  • Think
  • Want

• 'It's a little Anxious,' he said to himself, 'to be a Very Small Animal Entirely Surrounded by Water.'

  

  A. A. Milne
  • Small
  • Water
  • Animal

• What sustains us in any competition are the moments of interiority when the competition vanishes; what sustains us in any struggle are the moments when we forget the struggle.

  

  Adam Gopnik
  • Moments
  • Struggle
  • Competition

• All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.

  

  Marcus Aurelius
  • Summer
  • Spring
  • Rose

• Your church is a whore: she sells her favors to the rich.

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre
  • She
  • Church

• We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

  

  Jerrold Nadler

• I want people to understand that tragedy and trial does not necessarily mean that you are a victim.

  

  Marvin Sapp
  • People

• I behave differently in different situations, and I'm slightly unstable and insecure, which I think are natural conditions of what I do. And I have a weird ear. Whatever I hear, I emulate. When I was a kid I did impressions: Forrest Gump, Rain Man, really big caricatures.

  

  Max Minghella
  • Different
  • Weird
  • Rain

• You should have something to say, an idea you want to get out, and if you don't, just get out of the way, 'cause there's so many great musicians and writers that are in the queue.

  

  Paolo Nutini
  • Great

• I'm super serious about music. That's, like, the only thing I'm serious about.

  

  Kevin Gates
  • Music
  • Serious

• When infants aren't held, they can become sick, even die. It's universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • People
  • Live
  • Children

• The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

  

  Johnny Depp
  • Creatures
  • Evolved
  • Infants

• The scientific study of the vital relationship between infants and their mothers was started by upper-class Englishmen who were torn from their families as young boys to be sent off to boarding schools, where they were raised in regimented same-sex settings.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Relationship
  • Families
  • Schools

• Music isn’t just heard, it is felt.

  

  Kelly Clarkson
  • Music

• As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.

  

  Avicenna
  • Infants
  • Essense
  • Devoid