Mind Quotes

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

When I was 14 or 15, a camp counselor told me I was smart. I had never been very good in school, but he told me once that I was smart but my mind operated a little differently.

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.

They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.

Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot.

I've sort of heard that "it" girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?

I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.

'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest.

I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if I didn't have children, but I think they provide me the balance that I need to keep my mind off of lifting.

When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.

I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no reason to go through life with my hands tied behind my back for any reason. I'd be foolish to let something stop me from doing what I love to do.

I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me.

Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us.

Bandwagon and all that it is is such a huge passion of mine. We're already bouncing around ideas for season three, what we would call our golden ticket, in terms of a celebrity we would pair up with. We have a few in mind, and a few topics.

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.

This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.