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Mind Quotes

What occupies the mind, for better or worse.

Quotes about the "mind" here range widely — a lifelong search for hidden meaning sits alongside a startlingly honest admission that resentment has occupied more mental space than friendship ever did. For related reflection, see Body quotes.

The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit...

Quotes by Edward Sapir

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.

Quotes by Edward Hoagland

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

Quotes by Edward Kennedy

Well, a lot of people don't want to be quoted. But keep in mind that Bob Woodward did all of his Watergate reporting with anonymous sources, and we know how that turned out.

Quotes by Edward Klein

My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss.

Quotes by Edward Dyer

In making policy designed with copyright in mind, you end up making decisions about whether other important technologies, such as privacy-enhancing or file-search technologies, should be encouraged or discouraged. A collision is happening between creativity and protecting IP.

Quotes by Edward Felten

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

Quotes by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

Quotes by Edward Gibbon

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

Quotes by Edward Gibbon

Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

Quotes by Edward H. Harriman

I was a terrible actor. The analytical part of my mind never quite let go.

Quotes by Edward Hall

The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama.

Quotes by Edward Bond

I'm betting that in two years I'll be talking to you about a film that I shot on an iPhone. It's absolutely coming, I have no doubt in my mind.

Quotes by Edward Burns

With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome.

Quotes by Edward Carpenter

Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

Quotes by Edward de Bono

Reality is very, very contradictory, and so I try to write just perfecting what I see, what I read, what I feel, in a feel-thinking way. Not only giving ideas, or receiving ideas, or trying to explain something, but mainly...

Quotes by Eduardo Galeano

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

Quotes by Edward Albee

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

Quotes by Edward Appleton

Disease is, in essence, the result of conflict between soul and mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.

Quotes by Edward Bach

It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.

Quotes by Edmund S. Muskie

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "Mind" quotes touch on?
A number of things - spiritual searching and Gnostic belief, how hate can occupy the mind more than friendship, wanting a calm leader who gives peace of mind, and a personal story about religious commitment in a relationship.
Is there a quote about spirituality or mystery here?
Yes, one quote reflects on identifying as Gnostic and having spent a lifetime looking for "some great mystery," tied to a deep-seated notion in the mind about learning "just the right thing." For more, see the Always page.
Is there a quote about hate or negative feelings occupying the mind?
Yes, one quote candidly states that the speaker's "hates have always occupied my mind much more actively" than friendships have, and even describes them as more spiritually satisfying - an unusually frank admission.
Is there a quote about calm leadership?
Yes, one quote values having "someone at the helm who can give you piece of mind and does not panic" under pressure. Browse the Good page for more on steady, reassuring qualities.
Is there a personal story about religion and relationships?
Yes, one quote describes a partner named Gert who was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church, a detail recalled from dating her in New York City and later in Oxford. For more personal reflections, see the Life and Body pages.

Other entries value calm, steady leadership that avoids panic, and describe quiet, long-held religious conviction carried through decades of a relationship. Continue with Good quotes or Life quotes.