“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Bernard Baruch in response to a question by Igor Cassini as to how he handled the seating arrangements at his dinner parties, as quoted in Shake Well Before Using: A New Collection of Impressions and Anecdotes Mostly Humorous (1948) by Bennett Cerf, p. 249; the full response was "I never bother about that. Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter." This anecdote is also quoted online at Chiasmus.com http://www.chiasmus.com/archive/msg00241.html. It has also become part of a larger expression, which has been commonly attributed to Dr. Seuss, even in print, but without citation of a specific work: "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
“Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) American businessman
Often quoted response to Igor Cassini, a popular society columnist for the New York Journal American, when asked how he handled the seating arrangements for all those who attended his dinner parties, as quoted in Shake Well Before Using: A New Collection of Impressions and Anecdotes Mostly Humorous (1948) by Bennett Cerf, p. 249; the full response was "I never bother about that. Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter." This anecdote is also Chiasmus and has also become part of a larger expression, which has been commonly attributed to Dr. Seuss, even in print, but without citation of a specific work : "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
“The body can endure compromise and the mind can be seduced by it. Only the heart protests.”
Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer
Source: The Powerbook (2000)
John Maynard Keynes book Essays in Persuasion
Source: Essays in Persuasion (1931), The End of Laissez-faire (1926), Ch. 3