Agents Quote by Richard Mitchell

Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.

— Byron Katie

Mind is always in a hurry, and mind is always in search of instantaneous realizations. To wait, for the mind, is very difficult, almost…

— Ritu Ghatourey

It seemed better to delay thinking.

— Charles Bukowski

“This is another paradox, that many of the most important impressions and thoughts in a person's life are ones that flash through your head…

— David Foster Wallace

I have not suggested that the emergence of language is instantaneous. Rather, that the rewiring of the brain enabling an infinite array of structured…

— Noam Chomsky

“A serious problem with reactive language is that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People become reinforced in the paradigm that they are determined, and…

— Stephen R. Covey

Being a slow reader would normally be a deficiency; I found a way to make it an asset. I began to sound words and…

— Richard Ford

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared

— Lucan

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of…

— Abraham Maslow

It is not humanly possible to gather immediately from it what the logic of language is. Language disguises thought.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

— Publilius Syrus

Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer-he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in.…

— E. B. White