"A man's mind stretched by a new idea……" — Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions."
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166 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes has 166 quotes on this site.
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it…
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I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
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We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see…
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The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to…
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I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the…
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Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
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What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings…
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The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of…
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Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart…
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The best servant does his work unseen.
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See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
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I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first…
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Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.
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What is a society without a heroic dimension?
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As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in…
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My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to…
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I didn't know the full dimensions of forever, but I knew it was longer than waiting for Christmas to come.
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I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I…
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I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies,…
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Today we are in a situation in which the free movement of people can have enormous, monumental dimensions, and I…
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