You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
In experimental art, men are given the exact specifications of coming violence to their own psyches from their own counter-irritant or technology...… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
You do have habits and rhythms that you do sort of fall into when you're acting, but if you've got text that… — Radha Mitchell Copy Share Image
Bargaining is a repulsive habit; compromise is one of the highest human virtues - the difference between the two being that the… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by… — George A. Smith Copy Share Image
The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Healthy is not an accident, a gift, or a rabbit’s foot. It is a HABIT. It is a habit that will shape… — Cameron Díaz Copy Share Image
We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments - like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice,… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
“have a kink as solid and full of habit as the ones in the hose. Slowly I pull out the full length… — Gunilla Norris Copy Share Image
Facing personal truths and purging yourself of addictions or manipulative habits require strength, courage, humility, faith, and other qualities of a soul… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
It is possible for two people who have wide differences of preference and opinion, of habits, of teaching, of training, of background… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
It's funny how strangers can pass in front of you every day and all you see is a flat shadow, a vague… — Gregory Galloway Copy Share Image
The habit of quietly absorbing the shocks will be quite a great help to stabilize pure awareness. The technique is: Just feel… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I think I am at the end of a certain phase of my life. What I'm on the lookout for now is… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
If the process don't transfer, they cannot even be called thinking. They can be called learning, memory, or habit, but not thinking.… — Marilyn Jager Adams Copy Share Image
Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can...in the acquisition of a new… — William James Copy Share Image
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
We are all shaped by the tools we use, in particular: the formalisms we use shape our thinking habits, for better or… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Keeping a habit, in the smallest way, protects and strengthens it. I write every day, even if it's just a sentence, to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Every Christian has the power to heal infirmities-not of others, but his own, and not of the body, but of the soul-that… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Complaining about the weather seems to be a favorite American pastime. Sadly, we Christians often get caught up in this ungodly habit… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Those who live alone slide into the habit of vertical eating: why bother with the niceties when there's no one to share… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I suggest...that you develop early in life the habit of retiring and arising early. You remember the advice of Ben Franklin: "Early… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits - good and bad. So the key to… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being involved with comics is that those people are devoted to their characters, writers and artists.… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...the great merit of the place is that one can arrange one's life here exactly as one pleases...there are facilities for every… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“There the beloved red sweater, bright tangle of necklace, earrings of amber. Each confirming: I chose these, I. But habit is different:… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image