Quotes About Stimulation

They will come, not to paint the bay and the sea and the boots and the moors, but the warmth of the sun and the colour of the wind. A whole new concept. Such stimulation. Such vitality.

On the other hand, strong feelings were aroused by something else. At that time man was much more active than later. Everything in his environment as well as the images in his soul, stimulated him to activity, to movement. When his activity could proceed without hindrance, he experienced pleasure, but when this activity was hindered in any way, he felt displeasure and discomfort.

I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

I've wondered about that before, why is it that so much Korean food is spicy? Korea has an incredibly rich culture, but history has been cruel to the people ... But no matter how bad your situation is, you need to eat. And spicy food is a powerful ally when your reserves of courage and energy are low because it stimulates your appetite.

As long as experiencing your optimal level of good stress doesn't damage others, it's hard to objectively define where normal enjoyment of stimulation becomes adrenaline junkiehood.

Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.

I'm always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That's the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.

John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness, not in the greater strain it imposes.

True happiness has nothing to do with pleasure, because the reliance on feeling good from such intensely stimulating things [that come from the external environment] only moves us further from real joy [which exists internally, independently of the external environment].

We live in a culture that is constantly amping us up with stress and stimulation.

Caffeine blocks the receptor that picks up on the level of adenosine. "I liken it to putting a Post-it note over your fuel-gauge indicator. You're not giving yourself more energy—you're just not realizing how empty you are. When the caffeine wears off, you're doubly exhausted.

If it's more enraging, it's more engaging.

Reading is a unique form of consciousness, while we read we direct attention outward to the page but also at the same time inwards as we imagine and mentally stimulate.

I need a challenge. I need the intellectual stimulation. I'm a member of a community on each film, working in concert to try to bring an idea to life. It's a great job.

I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.

London only stimulates, it cannot sustain

I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.

Coffee, n. break fluid.

Researchers have discovered that chocolate produced some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are.

An erection is like the Theory of Relativity — the more you think about it, the harder it gets.

Decaf? No, it's dangerous to dilute my caffeine stream.

A perverse nature can be stimulated by anything. Any book can be used as a pornographic instrument, even a great work of literature if the mind that so uses it is off-balance. I once found a small boy masturbating in the presence of the Victorian steel-engraving in a family Bible.

Nothing gets my blood pumping like a little Animotion.