Quotes About Thought

In this case, said Randall unpleasantly, it affords me purer gratification to dwell upon the thought of my dear Aunt Gertrude duped and betrayed. Your aunt doesn't suffer throught it! What a pity! said Randall.

I know it, and I wanted so much not to drag you into it!' said Kitty remorsefully. 'I thought, if only you knew nothing about it, it would serve as a reason for you to put an end to our engagement!' 'Yes, I know you did. Told me so, in that letter you wrote me. Dashed cork-brained notion! Stands to reason if you're in it I must be too.

There is always a thought of marriage between a single female and a personable gentleman, if not in his mind, quite certainly in hers.

Next you will say that you don't intend to have more than one house in the country!' 'Nay, I shan't say that! I want one in Leicestershire.' 'Oh, in that case there's no more to be said, for I've set my heart on one in the moon!' 'You don't mean that, love! Nay then, you can't have thought!' he expostulated. 'It's much too far from town!

Don't waste a thought on any of the eligible suitors you've found for me, dear ma'am! There is more of mama in me than you have the least idea of, and the only eligible husband for me is a rake!

my debts, sir!' A dreadful thought occurred to him; he stared very hard at his

I don't know how long you mean to remain in Bath, but I trust you are aware of what the charges are in this hotel!' 'Don't give them a thought!' said Miles. 'I won't chalk 'em up to you. if I find myself at a stand, I can always shoot the crow.' 'Vastly diverting, sir!' snapped Stacy

I am very much obliged to my uncle, but the thought that he might find another way of rescuing me from my dear rake puts me in the liveliest dread!

Brains operate...not by logic but by pattern recognition. This process is not precise, as is logic and mathematics. Instead, it trades off specificity and precision, if necessary, to increase its range. It is likely, for example, that early human thought proceeded by metaphor, which, even with the late acquisition of precise means such as logic and mathematical thought, continues to be a major source of imagination and creativity in adult life.

Wake a question. Eat an instant, answer

So many words to use. Oh do not say that words have a use.

What I find fascinating is the idea that we all have a physical brain, but we also have this mental part, and we have to figure out how they work together.

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for.

If you type adeptly with 10 fingers, you're typing faster than your mind is working.

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.

Tax expenditures for middle- and working-class Americans - like the earned income tax credit - aren't thought of as loopholes; they're just thought of as benefits.

There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They did it till my mother, but now no more.

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.

It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry.