“Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind”
Source: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
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American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of B… 1904–1991Related quotes
“In the dark, I like to read his mind
But I'm frightened of the things I might find.”
Aimee Mann (1960) American indie rock singer-songwriter (born 1960)
"Voices Carry" · Official video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejh-bHa4To · Live 1985 performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCO-dzitHIE <br class="br">Song lyrics, Voices Carry (1985)
“A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original”
Source: Brightness Reef (1995), Ch. 25
Context: It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original.
Mary Balogh (1944) Welsh-Canadian novelist
Source: The Devil's Web
“Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.”
Oscar Levant (1906–1972) American comedian, composer, pianist and actor
On President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as quoted in The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Republicans (2006) by Martin Higgins, p. 83.
Cassandra Clare book City of Bones
Clary held the phone away from her ear as he cracked up laughing. "That is so not funny!"
Simon and Clary, pg. 19
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
Jackson C. Frank (1943–1999) American musician
The Blues Run The Game
“Mind is the Maker, for no reason at all, for all this creation, created to fall.”
Jack Kerouac book The Dharma Bums
Source: The Dharma Bums