An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
Bill Gates recently picked up the ukulele. And Warren Buffett is a huge ukulele fan. I even got to strum a few chords with Francis Ford Coppola. It blows my mind that these people, who have everything in the world they could want, have picked up the ukulele and found a little bit of joy.
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.
After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me that I shall ever enjoy more peace of mind, and even Physical comfort than I can meet with in any portion of the world beside.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
When trying to locate something, search your mind first.
My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.
Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.
A common misconception about how things such as space shuttles come to be is that engineers simply apply the theories and equations of science. But this cannot be done until the new thing-to-be is conceived in the engineer's mind's eye. Rather than following from science, engineered things lead it.
If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.
Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.
Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.
To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
The lessons of slushing and editing build up over time, and you're not necessarily thinking about them while you're working, but they're in the back of your mind, probably influencing your choices.
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General.
I have an image in my mind of what I want, whether it's a light jacket or a one-piece. I can tell if what I want is in the store right away.
Endurance is not a young person's game. I thought I might even be better at 60 than I was at 30. You have a body that's almost as strong, but you have a much better mind.
The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.
I like girls who don't mind that I hang out with my friends.
I feel like I've been out of high school forever. So I just read to keep my mind going.
I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened.
If you are suffering from your intemperance in eating or in drinking, we that are around you, or associated with you, are affected by your infirmities. We have to suffer on account of the course you pursue, which is wrong. If it has an influence to lessen your powers of mind or body, we are affected by it.
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered meditation. It enabled me to clear my mind of all the drama and focus on the music.
This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.
Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.
To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception.
I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry.
Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.
There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.
