Mark Quote by Jean de la Bruyere Download Open image “One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.” — Jean de la Bruyere ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Mark Mind Psychology Second rate Stories
“Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary way in which we can linguistically communicate to others—as well as to ourselves—the sometimes hidden contents of our implicitly remembering minds. Stories make available perspectives on the emotional themes of our implicit memory that may otherwise be consciously… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share
Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no… — Nick Morgan Copy Share Image
Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories. — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other people to learn from these. We have difficulty remembering such abstractions, but we can more easily remember a good story. Stories give life to past experience. Stories make the events in memory memorable to others and to ourselves.… — Anonymous Copy Share
We don't only tell stories when we set out to tell stories, our memory tells us stories. That is, what we get to keep… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I've gotten used to spending more time with heavily narrative stories. — Joshuah Bearman Copy Share Image
“Research on the human brain has shown it is predisposed to think in the terms of a story.36 This predisposition is continuously reinforced and… — Isaiah Hankel Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only unfaithful. If she is thought faithful, she is perfidious. — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr.,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My first big show was with Tim McGraw and Mark Chesnutt, and that was overwhelming. There was probably 25,000 people there. I was nervous,… — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
Jesus taught that the mark of the Christian is the observable love shown among all true believers. — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Scattered among these things are reminders that sound once existed: a metronome, a drumming pad, a guitar pick, a trumpet mouthpiece, a music stand,… — Geoffrey O'Brien Copy Share Image
You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band that couldn't… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
![“The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcf/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_built_the-court-is-like-a-palace-built-of-marb_77288.jpg)
