#mind

I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization. ↗

— George Saunders

#desires #emotions #fears #fiction #get

It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the strange, tiny, hard-to-articulate, instantaneous, unwilled things that actually go on in our minds in the course of a given day, or even a given moment. ↗

— George Saunders

#actually #consciousness #course #create #day

The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place. ↗

— George Saunders

#arises #asking #become #close #constantly

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way. ↗

— Adam Savage

#attitude #creative #critical #critical thinking #curiosity

I've never put myself in the mindset that I'm actually any good at taking pictures, I just love to shoot things that catch my eye, whether it's landscapes or just my kids. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#any #catch #eye #good #i

A princely mind will undo a private family. ↗

— George Savile

#mind #private #undo #will

The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can. ↗

— Diane Sawyer

#always #change #fact #find #interesting

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#english #his #mastery #minds #mislead

Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#anglo-saxon #any #death #fund #greater

Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious - it's like it's got a mind of its own. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#fed up #get #got #honestly #i