Externalise Quotes & Sayings

Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies. — John Updike

You bound him to you with your courage and your tales. You hold him to you now. You captured a wild creature when you had no place you could keep him. — Juliet Marillier

I find it hard to understand why those who demand Unitary Education by the State do not also demand a Unitary Press by the State ... Either the State is infallible, in which case we could not do better than to submit to it the entire domain of intelligent thought, or it is not, in which case it is no more rational to hand over education to it than the press. — Frederic Bastiat

You externalise extreme emotions, and you look at them objectively and understand them from a different standpoint. — Daryl Hall

Not everyone can be rich,' Peter went on. 'Not everyone can be strong or clever. Not everyone can be beautiful. But we can ALL be brave! If we tell ourselves we can do it; if we say to our hearts, 'don't jump about'; if we carry ourselves like heroes ... we can all be brave! We can all look Danger in the face and be glad to meet it, and draw our swords and say, 'Have at you, Danger! You don't scare me!' Courage is just there for the taking; you don't need money to buy it. You don't need to go to school to learn it! Courage is the thing, isn't it? Don't you think so, people? Aren't I right? Courage is the thing! All goes if courage goes! — Geraldine McCaughrean

Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. — Edward De Bono

From childish fear springs the desire to externalise the ego. — Bertrand Russell

You think an idea's bad but to others, it's a brilliant idea. Instead of thinking that an idea is bad, look at it differently and the final outcome of this "bad" idea will shock you. Rules should be followed. It is a tradition to know what can and can't be done. But innovation doesn't require the boundaries rules provide. It is when you stop following that you start having unexpected fun. — Tina Seelig

I have been so overwhelmed by the many storms that have broken over my head, that I am become passive in the hands of the Almighty, like a sparrow in the talons of an eagle. — Alexandre Dumas

Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy. — Jeffrey Eugenides

The good psychologist is ambivalent about people, because he knows well their treacherous nature, their potential for destruction, delusion and deceit. — Noam Shpancer

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul. — Philip Yancey

Will an hour be enough?"
An hour implied that I needed a lot of help. "I'll see what I can do," I said coolly. I was ready in twenty minutes. — Karen Marie Moning

She had a new bracelet on, stacked with emeralds brighter than her eyes. I hate rich people. — Helen Oyeyemi

I'm an emotional person, and I externalise my feelings a lot with some things, but I'm strong with others. — Luis Suarez

I put everything into my hand luggage! Really, I do! — Harley Viera-Newton

You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple. — Richard Adams