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Quotes About Daydreaming

I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming.
~ Alice Hoffman
Most days, we move back and forth between beta and alpha states. Alpha is our relaxation state, where we pay less attention to the outer world and start to pay more attention to our inner world. When we're in alpha, we're in a light state of meditation; you could also call that imagination or daydreaming. In this state, our inner world is more real than our outer world, because that's what we're paying attention to.
~ Joe Dispenza
E se ter um porto seguro perfeito com o qual sonhar acordado é bom para elas, o que tem de errado nisso?
~ Joe Hill
To practice Zen means to realize one's existence in the beauty and clarity of this present moment, rather than letting life unravel in useless daydreaming of the past and future.
~ John Daishin Buksbazen
Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during daydreaming and aimless wandering
~ E.O. Wilson
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity; and thrill; in waking; to find they have been upon the verge of the great secret.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
I'm a daydreamer - a purposeful one when I'm writing fiction.
~ Paul G. Tremblay
I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
~ Imelda May
They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.
~ Ritchie Blackmore
I was the kid who stared out the window. I fantasized myself on the deck of pirate ships - Cussler at the bridge.
~ Clive Cussler
The history of science and culture is filled with stories of how many of the greatest scientific and artistic discoveries occurred while the creator was not thinking about what he was working on, not consciously anyway - the daydreaming mode solved the problem for him, and the answer appeared suddenly as a stroke of insight.
~ Daniel Levitin
A 'dreamer' is one possesses the gift of dreaming by day. Sure, many dream at night, but don't also small babies and animals dream at night? To dream by day and dream aloud: Is this not the reward for all the troubles we humans must face?
~ Roman Payne
At a Clinton press conference, I'm given the luxury of daydreaming, of being comfortable enough that he could find Peru on a map, say, that I don't have to hang on his every word, praying he won't fuck up.
~ Sarah Vowell
I've always had these fantasies about being in a normal family in which the parents come to town and their adult daughter spends their entire visit daydreaming of suicide. I'm here to tell you that dreams really do come true.
~ Sarah Vowell
Realistically, the last advice you want to hear when you are in a terrible mood isThink of something happy. If you're experiencing genuine misfortune, you probably just need time and distance to recover. For the truly bad moods, exercise, nutrition, sleep,and time are the smart buttons to push. Once you get back to your baseline level of happiness, you'll be in a better position to get the benefits of daydreaming.
~ Scott Adams
No one wants to believe that the formula for happiness is as simple as daydreaming, controlling your schedule, napping, eating right, and being active every day.
~ Scott Adams
I have an imagination because my life is so boring that my imagination lets me get off the reality of what's going on.
~ Dave Attell
Which is the supplement? Fantasy or daily routine?
~ Mason Cooley
I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.
~ Mindy Kaling
But you aren't really looking!" she exclaimed. "You are—" She flipped through her dictionary. "Wool, gathering!" "That's true," I said. "I am woolgathering." "You are thinking about your friend," she said. "That's why you don't want to listen to me." "But Rózsa. Don't you ever like to . . . to do woolgathering?" "No! I am not a dreamer.
~ Elif Batuman
Peki, bu arada bütün gün burada ÅŸemsiyenin alt?nda ne yap?yorsun, can?n s?k?lm?yor mu? Hiç s?k?lm?yor hem de dedi adam, nefelomansi sanat?n? uyguluyorum.
~ Antonio Tabucchi
It is the daydreaming of some people who live in a make-believe world who think you can make roads, hospitals, and railways without any social impact!
~ Amit Shah
When you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that particular subject.
~ Sergio Aragones
I let my mind wander.
~ Anne Lamott