Workings Quotes

147 quotes by 134 authors

Plants were bound for good or ill to their places. They expressed not only beauty but also the thoughts of God's world, with an intent… — Carl Jung
Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings? — John Keats
The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. — Charles W. Chesnutt
Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter… — Robert Falcon Scott
In the past thirty years we have learned more about the workings of the human brain than in all of previous history. — Daniel H. Pink
Spiritual knowledge is the experience of enlightenment, and requires an understanding of the inner-most workings of the enlightenment cycle. — Frederick Lenz
I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory. — Antony Garrett Lisi
A body of work may be reviled -- mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings -- and yet still carry elements of… — Charles de Lint
Failing to understand the workings of one's own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness. — Marcus Aurelius
A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic. They make frantic efforts to bar our… — Winston Churchill
Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word, or a thought, in vain or out… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To many of us now, computers, silicon chips, data processing, cybernetics, and all the other innovations of the dawning high technology age are as mystifying… — Ronald Reagan
We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains… — Brian Greene
Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws. — Gail Collins
I'm always mystified by the day-to-day workings of entities like Twitter that provide framework but not content, but I suppose it could be compared to… — Susan Orlean
Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down,… — Sarah Palin
Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is… — Steven Pinker
I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for… — Terry Pratchett
I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough. — Nick Hornby
Facts, at any rate, could not be kept hidden. They could be tracked down by inquiry, they could be squeezed out of you by torture.… — George Orwell

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