Samuel Richardson Quotes

I don't really like filling my brain with a lot of stuff.

People's minds are overloaded with information.

The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well.

I have a mind that never stops working. As a matter of fact, it torments me.

It would be nice to turn off that incessant churning of consciousness.

Sometimes when you are trying not to think about something it keeps popping back in your head you can't help it you think about it and think about it and think about it until your brain feels like a squashed pea.

Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to occupy our mental bandwidth. Although we can control where our time goes, we cannot fully control how our bandwidth is allocated.

Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

I did try to write in Iraq, and I failed. I think you just don't have the brain space for it.

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

I'd be counting calories in my head while having conversations and doing crosswords.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.

He had more on his mind than his mind could hold.

If we should remember everything we would be as worse off as if we remembered nothing.

I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.

Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.

It seems like I'm thinking 400 hours a day; that's kind of how it feels.

We used to think that you could pay attention to five to nine things at a time. We now know that's not true. That's a crazy overestimate. The conscious mind can attend to about three things at once. Trying to juggle any more than that, and you're going to lose some brainpower.

You get to a stage where you replay every scenario in your head, but you have to stop; otherwise, you drive yourself insane.

love is like Someone is camping in your head

If your day is full of little mean, dark thoughts, is it any wonder you feel crabby? Maybe it's because you let your mind run wild like a dog putting its nose into garbage everywhere.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.