Quotes by Mind So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us. Anthony Storr inspirationmindwriting I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it. Anthony Trollope girldoubtmind People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger. Anthony Trollope eyemindpeople The bucolic mind of East Barsetshire took warm delight in the eloquence of the eminent personage who represented them, but was wont to extract more actual enjoyment from the music of his periods than from the strength of his arguments. Anthony Trollope delighteastmind The mind of the thinker and the student is driven to admit, though it be awe-struck by apparent injustice, that this inequality is the work of God. Make all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow. Anthony Trollope equalitymindmen They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. Anthony Trollope literaturemindmen A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency. Anthony Trollope emergenciesmindmen The important thing is to strive toward a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit. Antoine de Saint-Exupery goalmindinspirational The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. Get into a fist fight, put your mind on the strategy of the fight, and you will not feel the other fellow's punches. Antoine de Saint-Exupery fightingmindadvice Loneliness is bred of a mind that has grown earth-bound. Antoine de Saint-Exupery lonelinessearthmind Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything. Antoine Rivarol mindheartmen Mr. Darwin ... has failed to hold definitely before his mind the principle that the difference of sex, whatever it may consist in, must itself be subject to natural selection and to evolution. Antoinette Brown Blackwell differencesmindsex Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions. Anton Chekhov heromindaction I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle I begin to grow timid and to fear my story will be too long. . .That is why the beginning of my stories is always very promising and looks as though I were starting on a novel, and the middle is huddled and timid, and the end is...like fireworks. Anton Chekhov mindwritinglong Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far asblather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material. Anton Chekhov lawmindinteresting Inflexibility is the worst human failing. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence and laziness with discipline. But for rigidity of mind, there is no antidote. It carries the seeds of its own destruction. Anton Myrer disciplineovercomingmind I'm influenced by the music of the '60s. It's a mishmash of everything. To me, psychedelic can be all the way to a DJ. House music can be very psychedelic. 'Flying Lotus' is very psychedelic. Even though it's urban and technological, it's also mind-expanding, anything-can-go mishmash. Anton Newcombe flyingmindhouse There is not always 'two sides to every issue.' That statement is a ridiculous slogan invoked by vested interests and perpetuated by minds of limited scope. Anton Szandor LaVey issuestwo-sidesmind I prefer when movies target my heart instead of my mind. Anton Yelchin targetmindheart I don't really like watching my work. I don't mind watching it when I was a little kid because I forgive myself a lot, since I was a little kid. Anton Yelchin forgivingmindkids«4546474849505152535455»
