Mind Quotes - Page 221

I don't mind being accused of being a bad comedian and I don't even mind being accused of being a bad talk-show host, but I never want to be accused of being an arrogant, pompous showbiz asshole.

Consistency is the defense of a small mind

For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do.

We can't simply take the way things seem and just work on that, because that would be another kind of mistake thought makes-taking the surface and calling it the reality.

I think everything I do is normal, not paranormal but normal. Its using the power of the mind to achieve whatever we can endure.

Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.

A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.

The use of the camera has always been for me a tool of investigation, a reason to travel, to not mind my own business, and often to get into trouble.

I don't [believe in God]. I have a problem with religion or anything else that says, 'We have all the answers,' because there's no such thing as 'the answers.' We're complex. We change our minds on issues all the time. Religion leaves no room for human complexity.

You have to lose your mind in order to regain your senses.

If you want peace of mind I suggest you resign as general manager of the universe.

Always keep in mind that if God didn't want a man to have mulligans, golf balls wouldn't come three to a sleeve.

You've got to just follow your heart and do your best work. For better or worse, I have followed my heart. There is no doubt in my mind or heart that everything I've done is exactly what I intended to do.

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

My job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.

Two weeks before his death, a friend asked him half jokingly if he had discovered any meaning in life. "Yes," he replied, "there is a meaning; at least, for me, there is one thing that matters - to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people."

His hustle was wrong, his mind was his own, but the man lived alone, oh, Superfly.

Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.

There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people who enact a playfulness when it comes to the world of ideas.

Keep an open mind; it's the only way new things can get in.

Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait.

Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.