Date: 1975
"Only small parts of the brain resemble a tabula rasa; this is true even for human beings."
preview | full record— Wilson, E. O. (b. 1929)
Date: 1975
"The remainder [of the brain] is more like an exposed negative waiting to be dipped into developer fluid."
preview | full record— Wilson, E. O. (b. 1929)
Date: 1975
"The mind works like a garden."
preview | full record— Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (1926 - )
Date: 1975
"In some ways the mind also works like a money bank, but in other ways, it is quite different."
preview | full record— Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (1926 - )
Date: 1976
"They [Marsall McLuhan's ideas] are Turkish baths of the mind."
preview | full record— Bell, Daniel (1919-2011)
Date: 1978, 1979
"The discipline tying mind in that way to the meditative object is expressed by the simile of training an elephant, for example, a wild elephant is tied with many massive cords to a trunk or a post."
preview | full record— Wayman, Alex
Date: 1978, 1979
"The mind is like the untrained elephant. When it is bound with the cord of mindfulness to the firm post of the previously discussed meditative object, [even] if it is unwilling to remain there, it is gradually brought under control, goaded by the hook of awareness."
preview | full record— Wayman, Alex
Date: June 16, 1978
"The human head is bigger than the globe."
preview | full record— Grass, Günther (b. 1927)
Date: 1979
"The picture which holds traditional philosophy captive is that of the mind as a great mirror, containing various representations--some accurate, some not--and capable of being studied by pure, non-empirical methods."
preview | full record— Rorty, Richard (1931-2007)
Date: December 18, 1979
"The mind is like a parachute. It must be opened in order to work."
preview | full record— Endicott, William