Mind Quotes
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My definition of Man is, a Cooking Animal. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree; but no beast is a cook....Man alone can dress a good dish; and every man whatever is more or less a cook, in seasoning what he himself eats.
James Boswell
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With the Patriot Bill in place, the NSA no longer needed to get a warrant from a judge to tap into anybody's electronic information. A Surveillance State that would have boggled the mind of Orwell was born.
Jay Parini
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Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it.
C. S. Lewis
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For me, speaking my mind is a big part of my life, and I encourage other people to do that as well.
Anne-Marie
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Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first time, Alan Moore was first and foremost in my mind.
Brian K. Vaughan
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Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.
Elizabeth Moon
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If you want to play something that you hear, you need to listen with your mind's eye. You've heard of the mind's eye, right? Your mind has an ear too. It's a kind of listening, but it's not using your ears to listen. It's listening with your inner ear, and that's what you want to translate onto the guitar.
Steven Siro Vai
Alcatrazz
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Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I prefer poems that occupy an imaginative sphere. When I lived in Cincinnati, I was occasionally referred to as an "Ohio Poet;" this made me uneasy, not only because I think of myself as a generally American poet but also because I like to think I write out of the country of my own mind.
Cate Marvin
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No matter how much talent you have in your mind and spirit, if your body is not able to function, you are not able to fulfill your destiny.
T. D. Jakes
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It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring of their life. Many look for it in the hoarding of riches, some in the pride of power, and others in the achievements of art and literature; a few seek it in the exploration of their own minds, or in search for knowledge.
Helen Keller
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The shows are either 11 or 22 minutes and they move pretty quickly, and that's part of the charm of them - so it was just trying to keep that in mind and keep the energy of the story moving, even though we were dealing with a longer format.
Craig McCracken
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A breakup is a state of mind that needs encouragement and needs hopeful, forward thinking.
Lucy Dacus
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Despite the ills of our society, we largely live among compassionate, kind and optimistic people who are striving to do good. ... Learn how to be happy and keep this in mind: You can't be happy unless you stop being afraid.
Homer Hickam
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There where the course is,
Delight makes all of the one mind,
The riders upon the galloping horses,
The crowd that closes in behind.
William Butler Yeats
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To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
Buddha
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Eventually, while researching, you'll learn something you didn't want to know. Some fact that ruins a plotline you had in mind. The good news is that sometimes, learning all the facts can make for a much more interesting story than you originally had in mind.
Andy Weir
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Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.
Brian Tracy
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The mind enters itself, and God the mind,
And one is One, free in the tearing wind.
Theodore Roethke
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It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young.
Frederick William Faber
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It's not words, so much, just my mind going blank and thoughts reaching up up up, me wishing I could climb through the ceiling and over the stars until I can find God, really see God, and know once and for all that everything I've believed my whole life is true, and real. Or, not even everything. Not even half. Just the part about someone or something bigger than us who doesn't lose track. I want to believe the stories, that there really is someone who would search the whole mountainside just to find that one lost thing that he loves, and bring it home.
Sara Zarr
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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Joyce Brothers
