Quotes About Mood

If the afternoon had been blue, there might have been less desire.

Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme / My barmie noddle's working prime.

I get a little poetic sometimes. The moonlight does that to me.

... yes I speak a different language - the dark fire of poetry - it flutters and gutters in tune with the mood...

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

Become aware of what you are thinking and you will recognize a law between your mood and your surrounding circumstances.

I'm in a positive space, but I do have my days. Everybody has their days.

Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

When we function from a place of positive energy, the world around us becomes more positive.

The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry.

'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild.

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

Furthermore, the sense of passion or of power, of depth and vibrancy, feeling and vision, we take away from any work is the result of the intermingling, balance, play, and antagonism between these: it is the arrangement of blues, not any blue itself, which lets us see the mood it formulates, whether pensive melancholy or thoughtless delight, so that one to whom aesthetic experience comes easily will see, as Schopenhauer suggested, sadness in things as readily as smoky violet or moist verdigris.

Good temper is an estate for life.

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.

The mixtapes we made for ourselves were musical mirrors. The sadness, anger, or frustration you might be feeling at a given time could be encapsulated in the song selection. You made mixtapes that corresponded to emotional states, and they'd be available to pop into the deck when each feeling needed reinforcing or soothing. The mixtape was your friend, your psychiatrist, and your solace.

He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed.

Act happy. We can sometimes act ourselves into a frame of mind. Manipulated into a smiling expression, people feel better; when they scowl, the whole world seems to scowl back. So put on a happy face. Talk as if you feel positive self-esteem, are optimistic, and are outgoing. Going through the motions can trigger the emotions.

today and in a good winter mood, someone not subject to seasonal affective disorder, someone with a generous

Losing even a single night's sleep can precipitate a manic episode in people with bipolar disorder who have otherwise been stable (Malkoff-Schwartz et al. 1998). In parallel, sleep deprivation can improve the mood of a person with depression, although only briefly (Harvey, 2008).

If it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever.

In one of Updike's stories about Henry Bech, someone tells the novelist that his books "are weeping, but there are no tears." "Troubling Love" is soggy with tears — and the blank mood that follows a good long cry — but you can't isolate the source of the weeping.

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.