“Poetry is the perpetual endeavor to express the spirit of the thing, to pass the brute body and search the life and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I once absent-mindedly ordered Three Mile Island dressing in a restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand Island Dressing… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That is very fine; but it is impossible to make the men perfect; the men will always remain the same as they… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel Copy Share Image
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success? — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“And then a man of forty or so, with a French accent, asked, "How do you achieve the presence of mind to… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
The mind is the attribute of man. When man is born, he comes into existence with only one weapon with him--The reasoning… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The great benefit of practicing mindfulness... is presence of mind within a storm of emotions. — Phillip Moffitt Copy Share Image
It requires enormous presence of mind or rather quickness of wit, when opening your eyes to seize hold as it were of… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
The words, gestures, and threats of our officers were thrown away upon men who had lost all presence of mind and only… — Andrew Potter Copy Share Image
With the situation as gray as it could be, no one was more conspicuous in his calm presence of mind than Washington.… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration,… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
Shut up," I hissed. Ticked that he was taller than me, I stepped up onto a nearby coffee table. "I'm not in… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
There are twenty ways of going to a point, and one is the shortest; but set out at once on one. A… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There are... otherwise quite decent people who are so dull of nature that they believe that they must attribute the swift flight… — E.T.A. Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“Mopes is not for the mopey! One who lacks presence of mind to mope should engage in an activity for recreation with… — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
“(Jen gets completely sloshed and it's not her wedding) I was supposed to meet Carol and her family at the aquarium the… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“You're just going to stand there?" I asked. Uriel folded his arms and tapped his chin with one fingertip. "Mmmm. It does… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
