Thomas Willis Quotes

Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding.

Thomas Willis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 27, 1621 - November 11, 1675

Topics

GreatAnimalWeaknessUnderstanding

What was a profitable business in one era can become a public utility and a recognized public good in the next.

Andrew Yang

GoodBusinessBecomeNextProfitable

I still have this habit, I guess, continued from college, where I procrastinate up until the last moment.

Melina Matsoukas

MomentHabitCollegeUpWhereLast

I don't have a Twitter account.

Anna Chlumsky

TwitterAccount

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.

Ang Lee

StarsActingBeyondRiskImageJust

The use of chance operations opened out my way of working. The body tends to be habitual. The use of chance allowed us to find new ways to move and to put movements together that would not otherwise have been available to us. It revealed possibilities that were always there except that my mind hadn't seen them.

Merce Cunningham

TogetherMindChancePossibilities

A lot of problems stem from a desire to avoid discomfort. For example, people who fear failure often avoid new challenges in an effort to keep anxiety at bay. Avoiding emotional discomfort, however, is usually a short-term solution that leads to long-term problems.

Amy Morin

FailureFearEffortPeopleProblems

I think the United States is the greatest country in the world to invest in.

Steve Mnuchin

WorldThinkCountryUnitedGreatest

The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top.

Rob Walton

PeopleSocietyViolenceTopAfraid

Early numbers are always wrong.

Mary Cheney

EarlyWrongNumbersAlways

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.

Lisa Ling

HopeWorldI CanEventsLevelRaise

I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

Jayne Meadows

RespectTalentsMineEvenHeHis

Getting a beginner publishing deal really helped me gain the skills. I just kept writing and writing. You just take everything out of life and turn it into an idea or a melody or a song and find the best writers you can to write with that fit you and know what you want to do.

Jon Pardi

LifeBestMeWritingSongYou

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