- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mind Quotes
What occupies the mind, for better or worse.
Quotes about the "mind" here range widely — a lifelong search for hidden meaning sits alongside a startlingly honest admission that resentment has occupied more mental space than friendship ever did. For related reflection, see Body quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Glasses
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got Elliott Smith's photography book as a gift before. The publisher of that book's logo were glasses, and those glasses came to my mind when I was thinking of having a tattoo.
- Devotion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Theatre requires devotion that is all-consuming. When we started out, we didn't mind working 12 hours a day. We didn't mind going endlessly over and over a scene to make it right. I was the company's costumer for the first few years, and I remember the budget for 'Balm in Gilead' was $150.
- Piano
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- Nov 07, 2020
One does not play the piano with one's fingers: one plays the piano with one's mind.
- Nostalgia
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- Nov 07, 2020
Startups alternate between nostalgia for the garage and millennial longing for a lucrative exit. But what I always keep in mind is how disconnected and purposeless I felt before Redfin or my earlier startup, Plumtree. All I ever wanted was to get into a situation where I could win. Everybody has that dream.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whereas any political party, and nearly all voters, prize consistency as a sign of authentic, values-driven thinking, it is deeply alien to the hacker, who holds that changing your mind is simply intelligence in action.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how many shows I've done, as soon as they say it's time to start, I get that nervous sensation and feel like I have to pee. So that's where my mind is. That and making it to the end of the runway and back as fast as I can.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought I was pretty enough. I was kind of tall and lanky. I don't mind it now, but back in the day I hated it. I would tell myself that what I think is ugly at 17 is actually what's going to be pretty about me later.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It had never crossed my mind that a man could think he had the right to stop me from being who I was.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020