#thou

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind. ↗

— Robert Collier

#believe #comes #dominating #false #mind

It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass. ↗

— Robert Collier

#bring #center #clear #into #mass

If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got me into the studio... although Herbie Hancock has just been in touch about doing something and that would be an interesting combination. ↗

— Phil Collins

#album #although #been #combination #davis

I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one. ↗

— Stephen Collins

#consistent #could #essential #go #hours

A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#nose #pinocchio #settled #themselves #thousand

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#down #erudition #moderns #plagiarism #steal

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#always #compound #drafts #draws #due

My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don't you? ↗

— Robbie Coltraine

#bond film #coolest #dad #exceptional #film

Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out. ↗

— Robbie Coltraine

#did #eyes #front #having #know

We have no higher life that is really apart from other people. It is by imagining them that our personality is built up; to be without the power of imagining them is to be a low-grade idiot. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#built #higher #idiot #imagining #life