Minds Quotes

To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

What I'm making music for now is more similar to what I was doing in the beginning. In those days it was all about doing music so when people heard it in a club it would take their minds of their worries. I got more artistic but now I've gone back to basics.

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.

My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.

The universities deceive when they say they have no agenda other than to open minds.

Now, having had this experience, I can't say really what they were looking for. I don't know their minds. But every time I see a reality show, it seems that the most entertaining parts on other reality shows are when they make their guests look foolish.

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.

In the fields I know best, among the life sciences, it is required that the most expert and sophisticated minds be capable of changing course - often with a great lurch - every few years.

The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile minds.

I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes.

The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.

We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't.

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds.

I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.