Mind Quotes

That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.

There's no question in my mind that it was C.I.A. sanctioned, and most - many Latin American investigators have come to the same conclusion. Of course, we never heard about that in our country.

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I appreciate that. I'm very happy to salute that aspiration. But I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.

Certainly it's a business and you've got to have a salesman, but in my mind, when you've got two guys doing the same thing, you don't need one of them.

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

Confidence, knowing for certain that the person making the call has your safety foremost in their mind. And knowing that the job you are about to take on is the right thing to do, that it makes sense.

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.

My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.

Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I'm not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don't know. I don't let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not?

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will.

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

I'm a hopeless romantic with a dirty mind.

I remember that it was never that difficult for me to get a director to look up and pay attention to me. Mind you, I don't know if that's necessarily charm. But I've played roles where my character has to be charming and I've found it quite easy to do. I think some of it is in my bones, but some of it is more deliberate.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

The people of New Orleans have gotten to rock bottom. And the only way out in my mind is for them to really understand it, and then to really choose to get better.

Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.