Conscious Quotes · Page 48

Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.

— Evelyn Waugh

I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was…

— Daniel Day-Lewis

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Consciousness and meditation are methods where you can actually obtain GOD perception.

— George Harrison

I think the (brawl) made the league and the players more conscious of our responsibility to the public.

— Joe Dumars

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions.

— E. Stanley Jones

I think American men are more conscious of putting up a good impression. There's more of an earthiness to Englishmen. But Americans…

— Sienna Miller

Look at Germany where 20 percent of the labor force is in manufacturing compared to about 8 percent in the United States.…

— Edward Alden

Consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what…

— Julian Jaynes

To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any…

— Peter Abrahams

The highest form of leadership is one in which a leader raises up other leaders - not as an accident, but as…

— Mark Millar

The conscious mind is going to suggest the obvious, the cliché, because these things have offered the security of having succeeded in…

— David Mamet

In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious

— Tina Turner

The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious,…

— Michael Redhill

Psychologically, the choice "to think or not" is the choice "to focus or not." Existentially, the choice "to focus or not" is…

— Ayn Rand

There was a moment when I was getting death threats and bullshit via the Internet, so I was being a little more…

— Jay Reatard

There is nothing easy about becoming conscious. My own life was much easier before I knew about the deeper meaning of choice,…

— Caroline Myss

Surrendering completely to love, be it human or divine, means giving up everything, including our own well-being or our ability to make…

— Paulo Coelho

Some of the most morally conscious, kindest, most compassionate people are in the entertainment industry, people who want to affect the world…

— Rainn Wilson

[When] I am taking a photograph, I am conscious that I am constructing images rather than taking snapshots. Since I do not…

— Thomas Struth

There are things in the human mind that are not meant to be seen or touched, things seldom even acknowledged by our…

— Kay Hooper

“I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain inrelief; they assumed unusual…

— Albert Hofmann

I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you…

— Ella Fitzgerald

I'm never really conscious of what I'm being influenced by when I'm writing.

— Jon Hopkins

There will be a change in worldview from materialism and failure to conscious evolution. And everyone's potential to participate!

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because it's so important. The director is really more…

— Kate Mara

That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only…

— William Howard Taft

Art in its execution and direction is dependent on the time in which it lives, and artists are creatures of their epoch.…

— Richard Huelsenbeck

I take conscious breaks for myself 'cause I like to rejuvenate and get my creative juices flowing. I also like to take…

— Brandy Norwood

When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more powerful and results in added energy…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch…

— Marlene Dietrich

The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which…

— Pope Francis

In my life as a wife and mother, I'm always conscious of my desire to be present.

— Dani Shapiro

There is something about guitars—maybe something magical—when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal.

— John Fahey

Whenever I start working on a song, I immediately try to forget everything, to empty my head. I try to approach it…

— Edge

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would…

— Michael Koryta

The fact is that there is nothing more beautiful, more worthy or more conscious than you.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

You do your best work when you're not conscious of yourself.

— Peter Matthiessen

People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of…

— Stendhal

Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.

— Pharoahe Monch