Blinders Quote by Robert Frost Download Open image “A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.” — Robert Frost ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Blinders Definite Horse Point of view Purpose Views
“In horse racing they put these slats on either side of the horse's head, blocking the creature's peripheral vision. They're called blinders. They don't actually blind the horse, but they allow the horse to see only what's right in front of it; otherwise it might freak out and lose the race. People live with blinders too; but ours are invisible,… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or right but… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
When you see a good horseman, you're unable to tell where the instruction is coming from. It's like telepathy. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“When racing toward your goal, wear blinders. That’s what winning horses do.” — Sotero M Lopez II Copy Share Image
We all live with blinders on. They come with having a personal vantage point. — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at. — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
What is the benefits, to proving himself in the eyes of others, if you have had to fall in their own eyes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to the… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
When I see birches bend to left and right... I like to think some boy's been swinging them. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
“The promising young poets, the hopefuls? I'd name Richard Wilbur, Peter Viereck, Karl Shapiro, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, John Ciardi...Leonard Bacon...but it is still… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Lord, I have loved Your sky, Be it said against or for me, Have loved it clear and high, Or low and stormy... — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
And of course there must be something wrong In wanting to silence any song. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But now the theory goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is,… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
What an exciting age it is we live in With all this talk about the hope of youth And nothing made of youth. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic,… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
I think too many times people can get rigid in life, put our blinders on, get locked into one way of thinking, and forget… — Dave Smalley Copy Share Image
But down the bagagge, take of the blinders, and see for yourself that this very place is the valley of the endless spring, this… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The natural world is the only one we have. To try to not see the natural world - to put on blinders and avoid… — Rick Bass Copy Share Image
I won't look it in the eye. As soon as I do, I get scared. You gotta walk the plank at some point, but… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
At what point do [progressives] take off our partisan blinders and start wondering whether a very powerful faction of Democrats actually continues to SUPPORT… — David Sirota Copy Share Image
Somehow we allow, if a character goes to the dark side, if we're hooked into that character - I'm obsessed with Peaky Blinders. Those… — Lauren Shuler Donner Copy Share Image
When things are going awry, it's time to put the blinders on and do your job. Just do your job. Don't worry about the… — John Riggins Copy Share Image
The successful people seem to have blinders on. Everything is straight ahead. They go forward and know exactly what they're going to do once… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I just try to do the best job I possibly can - put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you… — Bill Parcells Copy Share Image