John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) American economist and diplomat
Interview with John Newark (1990) from Interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith (2004), ed. James Ronald Stanfield and Jacqueline Bloom Stanfield
Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) American economist and diplomat
Interview with John Newark (1990) from Interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith (2004), ed. James Ronald Stanfield and Jacqueline Bloom Stanfield
“This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole…”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Τούτων ἀεὶ μεμνῆσθαι, τίς ἡ τῶν ὅλων φύσις
II, 9
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book II
Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) Peruvian-American author
Source: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
“In order to learn, one must change one's mind.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
“One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.”
Jean de La Bruyère book Les Caractères
Aphorism 52
Les Caractères (1688), Des jugements
“And it always seems to stick in one's mind more than reality does.”
Terry Gilliam (1940) American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
As quoted in "Terry Gilliam reflects to Dreams about the making of Dr Parnassus" by Phil Stubbs http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/parntgrf.htm <br class="br">Context: We read Dover Books, because you can steal from them. The medieval imagery and iconography is so good for the imagination. Trying to describe the world, trying to describe the cosmos, trying to put it down in neat orderly fashion, unlike reality. And it always seems to stick in one's mind more than reality does.
“To be a good diarist, one must have a little snouty, sneaky mind.”
Harold Nicolson (1886–1968) British diplomat, author, diarist and politician
Diary, 9 Nov 1947
“One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.”
Michael Cunningham (1952) American novelist and screenwriter
“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them.”
A. J. Cronin book The Keys of the Kingdom
Source: The Keys of the Kingdom (1941), p. 90