#mind

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#american #american audience #audience #boredom #cliche

In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#busy #changing #choice #get #mind

My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre. ↗

— Peter Gallagher

#enough #family #i #life #me

It is my opinion that the isolated mind loses its purchase on reality all too easily and becomes prone to fantasy. ↗

— Frank Tallis

#imagination #insanity #isolation #mind #pathology

Daniel, my big brother, is eight years older. I'm lucky he didn't mind hanging out with his little sister and my younger brother. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#big brother #brother #daniel #eight #hanging

I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#alive #anything #being #distracts #doing

The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom. ↗

— Uri Geller

#being #best #best part #connection #experiences

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#any #capable #good #mind #real

Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct to contain constructs. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#constructs #contain #mind #reality #size

To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their common interests. They carry to those who have no direct contact with science the international spirit. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

#aspect #awards #bring #carry #common