Minded Quotes

814 quotes by 706 authors

If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does. — Lewis Carroll
My war - and I have yet to win a decisive battle - is with the modes of thought that and conditioned feelings that prevail… — James Hillman
Dad said I would always be "high minded and low waged" from reading too much Ralph Waldo Emerson. Maybe he was right. — Jim Harrison
Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men." --Charlie Gordan — Daniel Keyes
Gay people don't have a personality problem. They have a problem with small-minded motherfuckers who can't conquer a 1-inch high curb. — Henry Rollins
Mortimer's face twisted when the Piper pressed his knife against his ribs. Oh yes, he's obviously made the wrong enemies in this story, thought Orpheus.… — Cornelia Funke
Be tough minded but tenderhearted. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There are plenty of eyewitness accounts, just because you're so narrow-minded you need to have everything shoved under your nose before you- — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?' Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they… — Neal Stephenson
She looks at herself in the mirror. The idea is to look sexy again. And for whom exactly? Yourself, of course. Yes, well, that's all… — Joshua Ferris
So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most open-minded… — Derrick Jensen
I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet… — Paul Theroux
Unfortunately for the betterment of mankind it is not always the fair-minded who are in the right. — Saul Bellow
It wasn't so much that he minded telling Leslie that he was afraid to go; it was that he minded being afraid. It was as… — Katherine Paterson
I recently heard of someone studying the ellipsis (or three dots) for a PhD. And, I have to say, I was horrified. The ellipsis is… — Lynne Truss
She didn't like to be talked about. Equally, she didn't like not to be talked about, when the high-minded chatter rushed on as though she… — A. S. Byatt
What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable. — Roger Ebert
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting. — Confucius

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