Date: December 18, 1979
"The mind is like a parachute. It must be opened in order to work."
preview | full record— Endicott, William
Date: 1979
" But they can be sent along the usual channels […] until at some critical point, a "mental faucet" is closed, preventing them from actually being carried out."
preview | full record— Hofstadter, Douglas (b. 1945)
Date: 1981
"If one must use metaphorical language, then let the metaphor be this: the mind and the world jointly make up the mind and the world. (Or, to make the metaphor even more Hegelian, the Universe makes up the Universe--with minds--collectively--playing a special role in the making up.)"
preview | full record— Putnam, Hilary (b. 1926)
Date: 1984
"That whole private mythology, in which I believe totally, is a collaboration between one's conscious mind and those obsessions that, one by one, present themselves as stepping-stones."
preview | full record— Ballard, J. G. (1930-2009)
Date: 1984
"I suppose people--certainly imaginative writers--who consciously exploit their own obsessions do so in part because those obsessions lie like stepping-stones in front of them, and their feet are drawn towards them."
preview | full record— Ballard, J. G. (1930-2009)
Date: 1984
"Imagination is the shortest route between any two conceivable points, and more than equal to any physical rearrangement of the brain's functions."
preview | full record— Ballard, J. G. (1930-2009)
Date: September 29, 1985
"My father used to say, 'Your mind is like a parachute. If it won't open when you need it, it is not much good.' I have an open mind."
preview | full record— Wilson, George C.