Mind Quotes · Page 466

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

— Anonymous

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

— Stan Wawrinka

“himself like a comet.” “A supernova,” Venable said. “He went back to traditional values”

— Iris Johansen

Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.

— Edmond de Goncourt

Take me disappearing, through the smoke rings of my mind, down the foggy ruins of time...

— Bob Dylan

That's the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface.

— Robert M. Pirsig

Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.

— Anonymous

“He’d already endured enough guilt in his life. Quite possibly, he’d run out of space to carry any more.”

— Susan May

Medical School is the next step in my career. There is no doubt about that. My mind is still hungry and I…

— Chris Algieri

“We don’t know where we’re going, we don’t know what’s going to happen, but no one can take away from you what…

— Edith Eger

“He wasn't antisocial - he always had friends, and everybody liked him - but he could go off and entertain himself for…

— Carine McCandless

I am Nia - I have certain traits of my own, and I won't mind telling people that I am a short…

— Nia Sharma

I love trains. I dont even mind First Great Western, which is a stupid name because it implies every carriage is first…

— Tim Rice

If people believe that the Geto Boys really do stuff like on 'Mind of a Lunatic,' they must also believe there's a…

— Bushwick Bill

“His yearning for new and faraway places, his desire for freedom, relief and oblivion was as he admitted to himself, an urge…

— Thomas Mann

Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very…

— Dave Winer

Main thing is to publish. Blog, tweet, write, photograph, tweet, video, code, play around with data - or a combination of all…

— Alan Rusbridger

Can theology give to the mind the ineffable boon of conceiving that which no man is in a capacity to comprehend? Can…

— Baron d'Holbach

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and…

— Jon Lovett

“He lost, for that moment, all the days and dogmas of his past; his concepts, his problems, his pain were wiped out;…

— Ayn Rand

“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the…

— Dmitry Glukhovsky

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility…

— Napoleon Hill

When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,…

— Pema Chodron

She's afraid to tell me anything important, knowing I'll only turn around and write about it. In my mind, I'm like a…

— David Sedaris

You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.

— Grace Paley

I feel like my head is finally the right size. I feel like it finally fits around my mind.

— Walter Kirn

I love cooking. It's what clears my mind, since it's pretty hard to multitask when you're chopping vegetables.

— Katrina Lake

I have a mind that never stops working. As a matter of fact, it torments me.

— Clinton Sparks

I am not a normal person. I am living in a normal body, but my mind is not normal.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word 'soccer' is Chelsea.

— Josh Hart

The mind is a phonograph which shall keep and echo the impressions of the past.

— Julia McNair Wright

I think of my body of work as a story that flows and plays in my mind like a film.

— Giveon

It seems to me that God is a convenient invention of the human mind

— Isaac Asimov

The major abscess in the mind is a lack of acknowledgement of evil.

— Stefan Molyneux

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.

— Samantha Morton

Jesus has thrilled and satisfied the heart and mind of the Father for eternity. He must be all-sufficient for you.

— Michael Reeves

I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.

— Ian Mcewan

Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.

— Thomas Nagel

“Happiness is a beautiful feeling. It is a beautiful mind, and a peaceful mind”

— Gyalwa Dokhampa

I love to see Favre playing his best football, and if his mind his right, he'll probably have a fine season.

— Ron Jaworski