Acute Quotes

154 quotes by 144 authors

The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Perception without the word, which is without thought, is one of the strangest phenomena. Then the perception is much more acute, not only with the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
A sort of egotistical self-evaluation is unavoidable in those joys in which erudition and art mingle and in which aesthetic pleasure may become more acute,… — Marcel Proust
Like the priestly cult of the Middle Ages, the modern priestly cult of "scientific" psychotherapists exist overwhelmingly to stultify or blunt a too-acute insight into… — Kenny Smith
We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the… — Harvey V. Fineberg
To ruminate upon evils, to make critical notes upon injuries, and be too acute in their apprehensions, is to add unto our own tortures, to… — Thomas Browne
I saw -- with shut eyes, but acute mental vision -- I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I have always noticed that whenever a radical takes to Imperialism, he catches it in a very acute form. — Winston Churchill
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be… — B.K.S. Iyengar
There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism… — William Ernest Henley
There is among doctors, in acute hospitals at least, a presumption of stupidity in their patients. — Oliver Sacks
It is said in Java that the tiger's hearing is so acute that hunters must keep their nose hairs cut lest the tiger hear the… — Peter Matthiessen
I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each… — Geoffrey Fisher
In acute diseases the physician must conduct his inquiries in the following way. First he must examine the face of the patient, and see whether… — Hippocrates
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself… — Kitty Kelley
I hate to paint portraits! I hope never to paint another portrait in my life. Portraiture may be all right for a man in his… — John Singer Sargent
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once… — Jane Campion
Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and… — Jonathan Hull
The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be. Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it… — George Orwell
The human species is often amazingly inventive and industrious but at the same time profoundly lazy. It's very clear that we humans don't like to… — Charles Petzold

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