Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Ellery Channing

I call that mind free which protects itself against the usurpations of society, and which does not cower to human opinion: Which refuses to be the slave or tool of the many or of the few, and guards its empire over itself as nobler than the empire of the world.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry, there was National Review , and before there was National Review there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.

Whitney M. Young

Stretch your mind and fly.

Whittaker Chambers

Trotsky was essentially a Western mind. Lenin was a Russian, and unlike most other revolutionary exiles, wherever he went he was a Russian.

Saint Basil

Science which is acquired unwillingly, soon disappears; that which is instilled into the mind in a pleasant and agreeable manner, is more lasting.

Saint Augustine

The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it minds not. What is this monstrous thing? And why is it?

Saint Augustine

I do not comprehend all that I am. Is the mind, therefore, too limited to possess itself?

Saint Augustine

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

Yanni

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

Wilma Rudolph

I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.

Wilson Mizner

I had never considered marriage, but I had an open mind, and I was to learn after a brief try at it that most open minds should be closed for repairs.

Will Rogers

Statistics have proven that the surest way to get anything out of the public mind and never hear of it again is to have a Senate committee appointed to look into it.

W. C. Fields

Never mind what I told you--you do as I tell you.

Zora Neale Hurston

I don't know any more about the future than you do. I hope that it will be full of work, because I have come to know by experience that work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find. . . I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Zora Neale Hurston

I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death.

Yves Behar

Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.

Yoweri Museveni

I've changed my mind, even against Omar al-Bashir. Whether he has to be charged or not, the Sudanese shall decide or the Africans.

Zhang Yimou

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.

Zhang Yimou

Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.

Zig Ziglar

Wouldn't it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is hungry?

Zhuangzi

The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.

Zhuangzi

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.

William Hazlitt

A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.

William H. Macy

I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what; it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an actor to have the big picture in mind - it bollocks you up. An actor's purview is the tiny little... We measure our performance in seconds.

William Hazlitt

Painters... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in their own minds.

William Hazlitt

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what is to be done in given circumstances and does it. He does not beat about the bush for difficulties or excuses, but goes the shortest and most effectual way to work to attain his own ends, or to accomplish a useful object.

William Hazlitt

Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body.

William Hazlitt

There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.

William Hazlitt

The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods.

William Eggleston

There are a lot of unseen projects. When a project is finished, I often physically, and in my mind, set it aside, intending something to happen with it, something that does or does not always happen. Now, a lot of these are being resurrected for the public.

William E. Gladstone

My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into contact with divine revelation.

Wendell Phillips

Baron Grimm declared that, as a rule, it was easy for little minds to attain splendid positions, because they devoted all their ability to the one object.