#tract

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#contracts #extensive #feeling #first #induces

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance beyond the confines of the world? ↗

— Evangelista Torricelli

#balance #beyond #carry #confines #considering

They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

#because #call #essence #exterior #idea

With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach. The pros are in a softly lit room, you look pretty. ↗

— Marcia Cross

#beach #cons #deal #get #hair

Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am! ↗

— Carlos Santana

#attract #i #i am #i love #love

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#attracted #beck #been #child #choir

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation. ↗

— Diane Sawyer

#contract #conversation #i #ongoing #ordinary

In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

#always #annoying #attention #attract #fact

Salt is a preservative. It really holds flavor. For example, if you chop up some fresh herbs, or even just garlic, the salt will extract the moisture and preserve the flavor. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#even #example #extract #flavor #for example

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#capable #concrete #devotes #enjoying #happiness