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I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

by Woodrow Wilson Found in: Mind Quotes,
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I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

by James Thurber Found in: Mind Quotes,
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Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.

Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Mind Quotes,
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The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Mind Quotes,
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Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

by William Cowper Found in: Mind Quotes,
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Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people

by Eleanor Roosevelt Found in: Mind Quotes,
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There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mind Quotes,
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The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much read more

The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.

by Albert Jay Nock Found in: Mind Quotes,
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The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Mind Quotes,
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