Ben Carson Quotes

Just as I cannot remember any time when I could not read and write, I cannot remember any time when I did not exercise my imagination in daydreams about women.

The imagination of our children is blunted on television, and their thinking is done for them.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.

Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.

For any kind of reading I think better than leaving a blank still a blank, because the mind must receive a degree of enlargement and obtain a little strength by a slight exertion of its thinking powers; besides, even the productions that are only addressed to the imagination, raise the reader a little above the gross gratification of appetites, to which the mind has not given a shade of delicacy.

To supply a thought is mental massage; but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.

Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

I think we want our kids to grow up to be people who can think outside of the box, be creative and innovators, sort of the forward-thinkers of our future. I think a way to inspire that is through art and music.

I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.

The best way to enhance a child's imagination is to make them read.

I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.

Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.

Read books. They are good for us.

I think it's good to stimulate your mind.

If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn't getting proper exercise.

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.

My inspiration comes from so many things, it is hard to give credit to one. I find music of all kinds to be a great inspiration. A melody or a lyric can fire my imagination. Exercise is another. Endorphins fuel my thoughts - I tend to work out scenes and dialogue when I am exercising. Reading is also a great inspiration.

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.

More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.