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Thoughtful Quotes — page 164 of 303
“The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is that he instinctively takes care not to get ahead of them.”
“You will think less of the art, when you know the artist”
“The mind that is too ready at contempt and reprobation is, I may say, as a clenched fist that can give blows, but is shut up from receiving and holding ought that is precious.”
“A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs and small notions; about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest.”
“Nice distinctions are troublesome. It is so much easier to say that a thing is black, than to discriminate the particular shade of brown, blue, or green, to which it really belongs. It is so much easier to make up your mind that your neighbour is good for nothing, than to enter into all the circumstances that would oblige you to modify that opinion.”
“Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short.”
“With the advent of this kind of TMZ culture, it sadly seems to have infiltrated the vanguard of film commentary. I see these reviews sometimes where I think, well, you have a right to say whatever you want about my work, and I will listen whether it's good or bad and see if there's something that I might work with, but personal issues don't have a place in film commentary.”
“How can you measure acting in inches?”
“It is certain that I cannot always distinguish my own thoughts from those I read, because what I read becomes the very substance and text of my mind.”
“One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my singing and playing. When I was done, he politely handed me a ticket for disturbing the peace, while at the same time telling me how much he liked my voice. I wish I still had that ticket.”
“Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all”
“What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.”
“Take a good look at yourself before you criticise another, for what you see wrong in them, will also be a lesson for you.”
“Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise.”
“No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon.”
“I take it that a monograph of this sort belongs to the ephemera literature of science. The studied care which is warranted in the treatment of the more slowly moving branches of science would be out of place here. Rather with the pen of a journalist we must attempt to record a momentary phase of current thought, which may at any instant change with kaleidoscopic abruptness.”
“What is written is merely the dregs of experience.”
“To ensure a successful mix, I treat cushions, trimming, lampshades and other accessories as the shoes and handbags of the home. The right shoes can really make an outfit ~ and equally, if you have the wrong shoes you can feel old fashioned in the smartest of suits.”
“Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together.”