Oliver Herford Quotes

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.

I am mentally bifocal.

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.

A mind should not be so open that the brains fall out; however, it should not be so closed that whatever gray matter which does reside may not be reached.

My mind is always free. My mind is flexible.

I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.

My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made.

My mind tends to operate a bit like a radar. I don't find it hard to switch off.

People's minds can change very quickly.

I think the open mind is the one that's reachable.

I'm mentally agile.

Men look at breasts the way women look at babies. 'Aw, isn't that lovely?'

Women are more credulous than men.

My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

Men tend to try to struggle to be more rational and reduce things to simplicity more and are more impatient with ambiguity than women are.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.

Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no different than anything else.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

The next time you have a thought... let it go.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

I think the biggest part of my game that's underestimated is the mental part of it.

The best players have the mental advantage throughout the league.

I think it's fair to say that women have a different level of intuitiveness that allows them to perhaps handle situations a little bit different.