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Last updated on November 19, 2024.
The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Bridge the gap with closed minds though careful dissection of ideas and solid presentation of fact.
What could be a more Canadian way to indulge in the national preoccupation with perceptions - honest, hilarious, huffy or high-minded - of this country and its inhabitants?
Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition
See what I do is I book a studio that's closed down and I go by myself. No one's in there, literally just me and the engineer.
There is a notion that creative people are absent-minded, reckless, heedless of social customs and obligations. It is, hopefully, true for they are in another world altogether.
The jobs left, and the factories closed... the wealth, strength and confidence of America has disappeared over the horizon.
My mother was an art school teacher and my father was an interior designer. So we've been relatively open minded as opposed to my conservative maternal side.
My model for Kirk was Horatio Hornblower from the C.S. Forester sea stories. Shatner was open-minded about science fiction and a marvelous choice.
I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying no. Be open-minded.
And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose.
I was always proud of being tough-minded, and I think I still am, but in my old age I've got a little softer in the head, and that's all right.
Try to keep ourselves open, no matter how closed the world tries to make us sometimes.
When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed off about it.
We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward.
Bohemia isn't somewhere an artist runs to escape society. It's a place where like-minded artists gather to plot the downfall of dogma and ignorance.
Contrary to popular belief, Oxford has the highest concentration of dull-witted, stupid, narrow-minded people anywhere in the British Isles.
The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.
There's nothing wrong with making love with the light on. Just make sure the car door is closed.
Organizing atheists is a bit like herding cats; They are on the whole too intelligent and independent minded to lend themselves to being herded.
What makes me angry is closed mindedness, prejudice against those who are different from you, reveling in one's own ignorance.
My father was intelligent and closed-mouthed. He knew a lot more than what he was ever going to tell you.
I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.
I'm not a negative-minded person. But maybe to keep me humble, I look more at my bad games in big situations than good ones.
Be open-minded and available to everything and not just saying it's Jesus Christ or bust. So much of the world will do that. I find it troubling... Don't be dogmatic.
I have always thought it would be easier to redeem a man steeped in vice and crime than a greedy, narrow-minded, pitiless merchant.
Finished persons are very common - people who are closed up, quite satisfied that there is little more to learn
Ranchi is a much better place than Mumbai or any other big city in the country. People here are simple and open-minded.
Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.
But at the best of times she feels like a character in a Muriel Spark novel — independent, bookish, sharp-minded, secretly romantic.
While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.
A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper-these could easily evaporate . . . .
Sometimes, I arrive at races more energetic and clear-minded than ever, and then I have a terrible race. And the opposite is also true.
Simplified living is about more than doing less. It’s being who God called us to be, with a wholehearted, single-minded focus.
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens
The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
Political parties - which too often operate like closed circles - must open up.
Wrestling hurts. Your body's not meant to take that abuse. I've closed that door, but I don't know that I've locked it for good.
I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.
There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is.
No minister should be able to whisk through Parliament agreements that are negotiated behind closed doors.
Silence has many advantages. When you do not speak, other people presume you to be deaf or feeble-minded and promptly make a show of their own limitations.
A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.
I am in a closed state where I'm just reacting and moving based on my instincts, knowledge, technique and years of experience.
Most closed heavens for the Christian are between his ears. Believing a lie empowers the liar.
When I beat GSP it's not like I was getting my butt handed to me and I just closed my eyes and landed a punch.
It's a real strength for me that I've never minded the training process. It's something I enjoy. I really like being in the gym or, certainly, on the field.
Some people forget that when you are collaborating, you aren't always right. So you have to be open-minded and have to remember there are two minds creating. So you have to respect the other person.
Why the Christian life is so difficult to many is because they have a divided heart. They are double-minded, which makes them unstable in all their ways.
Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.
If you are 'too busy' most of the time, or locked behind closed doors, no mentoring relationship can work.
Membership in the closed society of the motion-picture industry is almost never revoked for moral failings.
A role like I had on 'Parks and Rec,' to me, is very easy to understand, and that's something that I can do with my eyes closed.
I do feel very strongly about my values and principles, but at the end of day I'm open-minded and I enjoy listening to other people's agendas.
I think there's a lot of people in their dingy boats in the middle of the ocean pining for the days of closed-ended narrative.
