Quotes with open-minded

Quotes 161 till 180 of 361.

  • Patrick Blackett May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.
    - +
     0
  • Franz Kafka May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
    - +
     0
  • Don Delillo Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.
    Don Delillo
    American Author (1936 - )
    - +
     0
  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Merely having an open mind is nothing; the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
    - +
     0
  • Angela Carter Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
    - +
     0
  • Thomas Dewar Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
    - +
     0
  • Lord Thomas Dewar Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
    Lord Thomas Dewar
    Scottish businessman (1864 - 1930)
    - +
     0
  • Arthur Joseph Goldberg Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
    - +
     0
  • Vauvenargues Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
    Vauvenargues
    French philosopher (1715 - 1747)
    - +
     0
  • J. G. Ballard My brief stay at the hospital had already convinced me that the medical profession was an open door to anyone nursing a grudge against the human race.
    Crash (1973)
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
    - +
     0
  • Bibhu Mohapatra My engineer dad is where my technical acumen comes from. I remember him taking me to the factories to see how what works. Often he used to open up his motorbike to fix things and I saw how the wheels worked. His car used to be open for dissection very regularly. All this taught me and inspired me to look beyond what I could see on the skin.
    - +
     0
  • Bobbi Brown My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open, because you never know what's going to come your way.
    Bobbi Brown
    American professional makeup artist, author and public speaker
    - +
     0
  • Ben Barnes My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger.
    Ben Barnes
    English actor (1981 - )
    - +
     0
  • B. B. King My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I'm in torture, when in truth, I'm in ecstasy. I don't do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
    - +
     0
  • Francis Bacon Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
    - +
     0
  • Baltasar Gracián Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
    - +
     0
  • George Bernard Shaw New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
    - +
     0
  • Nicolas Chamfort No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
    - +
     0
  • Marilyn Ferguson No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.
    Marilyn Ferguson
    American author, editor and public speaker (1938 - 2008)
    - +
     0
  • Emily Dickinson Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
    - +
     0
All open-minded famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 9)