The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
Acting in something that I'm directing... I'm really enjoying it because, if for no other reason, that particular acting is like reading my mind on every single take. It's kind of efficient, for better or worse.
I don't mind that I am not necessarily a household name, because I think my characters have outshined me. That was by design. And I'm not wanting for appreciation.
I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.
I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.
I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind of the person who was plotting vengeance.
I love the idea of getting into the mind of the criminal.
I'm a hopeless romantic with a dirty mind.
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
Recorded engine sounds, however, are a deliberate deception. They're like going to a concert and listening to a recording. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind buying a BMW recording and installing it in my '96 Jeep Cherokee.
The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves.
We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself.
Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
My advice would be, as you consider fiscal policies, to keep in mind and look carefully at the impact those policies are likely to have on the economy's productive capacity, on productivity growth, and to the maximum extent possible, choose policies that would improve that long-run growth and productivity outlook.
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.
Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause of matter and of the development of individualised human minds through the agency of matter.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
I love the sea, and I never mind when it's rough.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.
I don't mind knife fights. I just want the knives to come to the front.
Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.
Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.
Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already.
I believe if you can have an open dialogue about anything, whether it's a book or a movie or TV show, it's this door that suddenly opens your mind to new ideas.
In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.
There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.
The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind... The end of poetry is not an after-effect, not a pleasurable memory of itself, but an immediate, constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself.
Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.
I definitely want to work with Thom Yorke. I want to work with Damien Marley; there's a few international artists I wouldn't mind working with - like Massacre Children would be ill, and I still have an affinity for the U.K. hip hop scene.
The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.
