“The attempt at introspective analysis... is in fact like seizing a spinning top to catch its motion, or trying to turn up… — William James Copy Share Image
“Your own setbacks aren’t what they first appear to be; rather than viewing them as failures, view them as learning opportunities that… — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
“Science has made many advances in my lifetime, but the instrument has yet to be invented that can see clearly into the… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“...Nyla was right in predicting that, for me, life would go on into old age and my promise has been kept too,… — Edward Beauclerk Maurice Copy Share Image
I was a very, I think, lonely kid, very introspective. I felt very much at odds with my environment and my culture...… — Maxine Kumin Copy Share Image
At the very core of my relationship to learning is the idea that we should be as organic as possible. We need… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
“We must clean the lens of our hearts to see the state of our souls. However, too often the former is too… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls - their riches - in quiet; formal, courteous,… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
The British often shy away from any cinematic interpretation of real sex. They sometimes have what I call "subtle sex," which is… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple.… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“I don't want to lead. Never have. Some people might consider such a trait as a weakness, but I don't. Knowing your… — C.J. Ellisson Copy Share Image
The traditional writer is a sensitive only child, asthmatic, who sits on the window seat watching the drops of rain slide down… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
“When a human lighthouse sees you in the midst of your storm, it points you toward safety and protection. In doing so,… — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
I want to say that what is cool about writing self-aware first person narrative is that the awareness is not necessarily the… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“Oh yes, I am frequently driven to an enraged frenzy by the blatantly crass actions of others. But to be painfully honest,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It reminded me of the wise triple filter test accredited to Socrates. He urged us to ask ourselves three introspective questions when… — Noella Menon Copy Share Image
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective… — Katee Sackhoff Copy Share Image
Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of… — Sheryl Lee Copy Share Image
“Shut up. Stand up. Put this on. That’s right . . . if you were the kind of man who found it easy to do… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Everything Tupac said was introspective. He was really honest with himself about himself. He knew his flaws, but he also had such… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
“Purposeful planning is most effective when you are actively seeking and getting feedback from those whose judgement you trust and respect.” — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
If you get into introspective blues or something where you're stretching out a bit, large audiences don't respond to this, so you… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
“What a sad existence that must be—so focused on the next thing you’re doing, the next place you’re going, that you forget… — Mikki Brammer Copy Share Image
“I like performing because it's direct contact with live people. I write a good deal of the time but that's introspective creation… — Oliver Copy Share Image
“We will rich soon, and you who handle poverty badly will handle riches equally badly... In poverty she is envious. In riches… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I'm a Gemini and I have a lot of different moods. Sometimes I'm very serious and introspective and pensive, but other times… — Jewel Copy Share Image
Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times… — Paul Desmond Copy Share Image
Most women are introspective: "Am I in love? Am I emotionally and creatively fulfilled?" Most men are outrospective: "Did my team win?… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
I always have been introspective, since I was a little kid, since I could remember, I was sitting in a closet trying… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense." "Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works." He says "Somehow… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“Introspective souls are often tormented by their passionate visions. This is because visionaries see what shall be and wake up to what… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“NICK WOKE UP the next morning not immediately recognizing his surroundings. An occupational hazard. When he felt the silk comforter brush against… — Julie James Copy Share Image
I read about eastern philosophy and religion and existentialism. All that introspective thinking got me thinking about the great beyond. That turned… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
“I was thinking of how, when we think of loss in our life, how our sense of ‘home’ was the first thing… — Tabitha Vohn Copy Share Image
“On the train I saw that world passing my window. It was when I came to see it was I who was… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
