I find Edinburgh a stimulating place in which to live, with it being a city of contrasts, both architecturally and socially, and each district having a definite character.
It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to be wrong.
I think there is great interest amongst the younger people in this music. I think that there is a lot of them that are looking for interesting situations and music that is stimulating.
But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many very bright, articulate and talented professionals.
Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.
Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.
Dancing is my number one love. That was my first goal as a child. I would love to do stage, maybe do Chicago. I love being in front of an audience. It's so stimulating. I also love to barbecue.
I'm a warrior at heart; I'm an ex-Navy Seal. I'm too old to wage war anymore, and so now I wage it mentally. And so I find politics very stimulating; it's war without guns.
I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.
Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness.
I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing.
Originally, technology was pretty clearly on the side of introversion. It allowed introverts to connect with people, to express their ideas in a less stimulating way: you're sitting alone behind a computer. But I'm starting to think that the pressure to self-present constantly online is becoming so extreme.
I loved everything that went with rock n' roll. I loved being at the heart of such creativity and being young in such a stimulating and exciting era.
Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.
Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.
Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.
The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism.
Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that's stimulating in a different way. It means you can be working but not using up your prose juice, you know?
The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the students, faculty and friends of the Harvard Business School community.
Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.
Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
I feed on other people's creativity, photographers, artists of every kind. Sometimes a feeling that you get listening to a song can be so powerful. I've wanted to write whole scripts around what I felt just listening to a piece of music. I think music is important, and surrounding your visual field with stimulating things.
Acting's such a good job in that you're stimulating and pushing yourself constantly. I'd never want to do anything comfortable.
In 1970, Dean Robert Ebert offered me the Chair of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. I moved to Harvard because I missed the university environment and, more particularly, the stimulating interaction with the eager, enthusiastic, and unprejudiced young minds of the students and fellows.
I grew up in a very urban, bohemian family where everyone was a hippie or a pacifist. It was artistically and intellectually stimulating, but they were definitely not into outdoor sports or activities.
Removing all stimulation around you is a really positive thing in terms of stimulating your creativity.
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
