Conscious Quotes - Page 22

• The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.

  Kenny Rogers

  Thinking, Self, Years

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• If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write.

  Christopher Paolini

  Writing, Thinking, Self

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• We are a people of many races, many faiths, creeds, and religions. I do not think that the men who made the Constitution forbade the establishment of a State church because they were opposed to religion. They knew that the introduction of religious differences into American life would undermine the democratic foundations of this country. What holds for adults holds even more for children, sensitive and conscious of differences. I certainly hope that the Board of Education will think very, very seriously before it introduces this division and antagonism in our public schools.

  John Dewey

  Country, Religious, Children

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• I look at my kids and I feel I'm at the precipice of this job, like just kind of tipping over the other side. I'm very conscious of time I guess is what I want to say, and I want to be there as long as I can with my kids, and I also want to make sure I do all the things that are important to me.

  Brad Pitt

  Jobs, Kids, Long

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• When you're writing for the screen, you have to be hyper-conscious every moment of how the audience is going to react. If you write just one scene where the audience is confused or it breaks their concentration in some way, then you've lost them, and you might never get them back.

  Salman Rushdie

  Confused, Writing, Might

  "Salman Rushdie brings 'Midnight's Children' to big screen". Interview with Matt Carey, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2013.

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• As a kid, I was a little self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone. A bad habit of mine used to be slouching. Eventually, I realized my height was something I couldn't control, so I might as well accept it. I've certainly turned it into a positive, because without my height I probably wouldn't be as good of a tennis player. It's a gift, and I've made something of it.

  John Isner

  Kids, Player, Self

  Source: espn.go.com

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• I think the best kind of comedy is the least self conscious. I think if you just sort of let the comedy happen without the elbow nudge, did you get it, did you get it. I love straight face comedy or subtle - relatively subtle comedy.

  Betty White

  Thinking, Self, Elbows

  Source: www.lenalamoray.com

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• It [childbearing] was never intended to be as time-consuming and self-conscious a process as it is. One of the deepest evils in our society is tyrannical nurturance.

  Germaine Greer

  Self, Evil, Our Society

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

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• I was self-conscious of being so lanky, of being me. I'd keep my head down, make excuses not to go out. I'd look in the mirror and hate myself. I thought I was disgusting. I cried constantly from 11 to 16. If I could tell my younger self anything, it would be to learn to love your flaws. It's OK to look in the mirror and feel really confident about yourself.

  Jourdan Dunn

  Hate, Love You, Mirrors

  "I want to talk about what goes on". Interview With Eva Wiseman, September 20, 2013.

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• This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.

  T. S. Eliot

  Feelings, Levels, Rhythm

  T. S. Eliot (1986). “The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism: Studies in the Relation of Criticism to Poetry in England”, p.111, Harvard University Press

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• The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit another´s treachery.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Integrity, Heart, Credit

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Michael Cordner (2008). “The School for Scandal and Other Plays”, p.260, Oxford University Press

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• The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the chaff. Man's reaction to this Divine Presence will be the test: either it will call out all the opposition of egotistic natures, or else galvanize them into a regeneration and a resurrection.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Giving Up, Heart, Men

  Fulton J. Sheen (2008). “Life of Christ”, p.36, Image

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• I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use of mathematical symbolism and numbers in order to try and give messages.

  Marcus du Sautoy

  Symbolism, Numbers, Order

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• At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.

  Hannah Storm

  Determination, Adversity, Player

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• I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

  Chris Lilley

  Self, Actors, Littles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think this is why the practice is such a comfort to secular urbanites like me-it's a technique, not a faith. You don't have to believe in anything, even yoga itself, to find joy and solace in the conscious joining of breath and movement, or relief in slowing the whirling of the mind. You just have to do it.

  Michelle Goldberg

  Yoga, Believe, Thinking

  Michelle Goldberg (2015). “The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West”, p.10, Vintage

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• "I fear your kind and open communication, which has rendered me more painfully conscious of my own defects, has not improved me," sighed Kate.

  Charles Dickens

  Communication, Character, Interesting

  Charles Dickens (2006). “Nicholas Nickleby: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Some medical beast had revived tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness. At the best of times, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I was conscious of going about, smelling like a new fence.

  Charles Dickens

  Funny, Humorous, Medicine

  Charles Dickens (1861). “Great Expectations”, p.18

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• First and foremost, you do not have to live up to or emulate the lives of any of your predecessors. But at the very least, you should know about them. You will have your own life, interests, and ideas of what you want or do not want in life. Do what you enjoy doing. Be honest with yourself and others. Don't think of satisfying anyone: your elders, peers, government, religion, or children who will come after you. Develop meaningful ideals, and become conscious of others, their existence, and their lives.

  Yuri Kochiyama

  Meaningful, Children, Thinking

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• I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.

  John Milius

  Bullshit, Screenplays

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• Who am I?” “What is the purpose of my life?” These questions arise spontaneously throughout our lives, either unbidden or through conscious intent. Anyone who wishes to live an authentic life must answer these questions, regardless of whether they believe in the existence of the soul or practice a religion. If these queries remain unanswered, life will more than likely remain superficial and empty, in spite of any material abundance. If you wish to make the soul's journey, then I suggest you ask yourself these questions relentlessly and ruthlessly, and listen carefully.

  Ilchi Lee

  Believe, Journey, Practice

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• There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dog

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• A sub-clerk in the post-office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them.

  Albert Camus

  Office, Clerks, Common

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.68, Vintage

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• I think you can learn to have much more pleasant thoughts moving through your mind that will help ease any situation, and it takes making a conscious choice to do so.

  Louise Hay

  Moving, Thinking, Choices

  Source: www.trulyalive.net

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• I've never made a conscious effort to do anything about my psychological side. I just try to think positively and enjoy it.

  Alistair Brownlee

  Thinking, Effort, Trying

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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