Their Mental Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men for… — Christopher Hitchens
Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups.… — Bertrand Russell
As cows need milking and sweet peas need picking, so writers must continually exercise their mental muscles by a daily stint. — Joan Aiken
Of all the people expressing their mental vacuity, none has a better excuse for an empty head than the newspaperman: If he pauses to restock… — Russell Baker
They say Im demonic in humor in the sense that I think people need somebody to wake up their mental processes. — Kenneth Williams
What is there about the notion of a person, at law, that makes every living member of the species Homo sapiens a person, irrespective of… — Peter Singer
Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from… — Al-Ghazali
What children can do with the assistance of others might be in some sense even more indicative of their mental development than what they can… — Lev S. Vygotsky
Male domination, and the low and stigmatised status of women, cause teenage girls to engage in punishment of their bodies through eating disorders and self-mutilation.… — Sheila Jeffreys
That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that pollution will be… — Louise Slaughter
Thus the races, though alike in their physical response to climate, may possibly be different in their mental response because they have approached America by… — Ellsworth Huntington
The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than… — Joshua Waitzkin
I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because… — Vladimir Kramnik
People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of the body, awareness of their mental space, awareness… — Deepak Chopra
Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses ... it's progressing. ... Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the… — Bill Gates
Mountaineers have often observed a lack of clarity in their mental state at high altitudes; it is difficult for the stupid mind to observe how… — George Leigh Mallory
Writers can treat their mental illnesses every day. — Kurt Vonnegut
The discoverer and the poet are inventors; and they are so because their mental vision detects the unapparent, unsuspected facts, almost as vividly as ocular… — George Henry Lewes
Not a few patients, however, suffering from certain forms of mental disorder, regain a high degree of insight into their mental condition in what might… — Clifford Whittingham Beers
People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are… — Joanne Harris

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