Quotes by Mind The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. Anna Letitia Barbauld importantmindlife The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less and less vivid every time they occur, till at length the mind grows absolutely callous. Anna Letitia Barbauld vividawakeningmind I have a rule: before I can throw anything out, I have to write down five possible uses for it. This stretches my mind and keeps it nimble - just like stretching exercises do for my body. Anna Olson mindexercisewriting We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind. Anna Quindlen readingminddream You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul. Anna Quindlen soulmindheart Ignorance is death. A closed mind is a catafalque. Anna Quindlen closed-mindignorancemind Each instance of sexual harassment has to be judged on its merits. Facts, timing, motives, credibility: all must be considered before we make up our own minds what to believe. Anna Quindlen meritmindbelieve The problem with freedom is that you just can't go back. Once people see what it means to be free people, you can't go back. So they're going to keep nattering on about this and that, and maybe they'll make another stab at de-funding the fabulous Planned Parenthood or something of the sort. To my mind, it's just not going to work. Anna Quindlen mindmeanpeople If I had to guess what the new Etch-A-Sketch picture is going to be like, it's going to be considerably less to the right. Romney has backed himself into a couple of corners that I don't think will serve him well in the general election, the main one being very harsh stands on immigration, which I think are not only short-sighted but to my mind immoral. Anna Quindlen couplemindthinking I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere. Anna Sui parentmindthinking Singing in second language makes you brave in a way you're not aware of. You say things in very blunt ways or direct ways. It sets your mind free because you don't have a history with the language. You have to use the most direct way of communication, which is saying what you want to say in the way you can. Anna Ternheim communicationbravemind There are many ways to get involved with lives or communities and enrich the minds of others through music, but you really have to want to do this. Anne Akiko Meyers communitymindwant No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect. Anne Bronte delightcherishmind I cannot get him to write or speak in real, solid earnest. I don't much mind it now, but if it be always so, what shall I do with the serious part of myself? Anne Bronte realmindwriting Aristotle says that metaphor causes the mind to experience itself in the act of making a mistake. Anne Carson causesmindmistake You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough. Anne Carson movementusemind Prowling the meanings of a word, prowling the history of a person, no use expecting a flood of light. Human words have no main switch. But all those little kidnaps in the dark. And then the luminous, big, shivering, discandied, unrepentant, barking web of them that hangs in your mind when you turn back to the page you were trying to translate. Anne Carson lightminddark There are little thoughts in your head that can grow until they eat your entire mind. Just tiny little thoughts--they are like a cancer, there is no telling what triggers the spread, or who will be struck, and why some get it and others are spared. Anne Enright cancermindlittles When my husband Jonas and I started Auntie Annes in 1988, we never expected or anticipated building an international pretzel franchise. It was the farthest thing from our minds. Anne F. Beiler auntiehusbandmind People used to say to my friend Mary, a quadriplegic, 'You still have your mind.' She would say, 'I still have my body.' The world tells me to divorce myself from my flesh, to live in my head. ... I didn't want to be fleshless. Anne Finger divorcemindpeople«3940414243444546474849»
