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“An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be held in another. Some dogma, we are told, was credible in the twelfth century, but is not credible in the twentieth. You might as well say that a certain philosophy can be believed on Mondays, but cannot be believed on Tuesdays. You might as well say of a view of the cosmos that it was suitable to half-past three, but not suitable to half-past four. What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century.”

Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The beloved may be treacherous, greasy-headed and given to evil habits, or else it can be a man in his late forties who works too much, or it can be an alarm clock.”

Men May Evil Given Too Much Habit Late Clock Beloved Forty Be A Man Alarms Treacherous Alarm Clocks

Book:Magic for Beginners

Source: Magic for Beginners

“Sit down at ten o'clock in the morning and write anything that comes into my head until twelve. One of the few things I've discovered about writing is to form a habit that becomes an addiction so that if you don't put something down on paper every day, you get really mean and awful with withdrawal symptoms, and your wife and your dog and your kids are going to kick your ass until you get back to it because they can't bear you in that state of mind.”

Ifs Writing Mind Mean States Kids Form Morning Wife Dog Bears Habit Ten Paper Addiction Ass Awful Clock Kicks Get Back State Of Mind Twelve Symptoms Get Real Really Mean Withdrawal

Author:Frank Pierson

“It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.”

Whole Sleep Habit Terrible Gains Clock Live By Conformity Conventions Household Conventional Tick

Author:Zelda Fitzgerald

“I don't need an alarm clock, for habit is the best alarm there is.”

Needs Habit Clock Alarms Alarm Clocks

Book:Trick of the Eye: A Novel

Source: Trick of the Eye: A Novel

“Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.”

Looks May Stills Running Beautiful Faces Habit Clock Beautiful Women

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain drawbacks.”

Men May Young Certain Enjoy Pleasure Five Habit Six Dresses Suits Evening Clock Young Man Dropping Slipping Drawbacks

Book:Succeeding With What You Have

Source: Succeeding With What You Have

“The book, I think, like the map before it, like the clock, created or help create a revolution in the human mind in the way our habits of mind and ultimately the way we use our brains.”

Thinking Way Mind Humans Book Helping Use Brain Revolution Habit Clock Maps Human Mind Habits Of Mind

Author:Nicholas G. Carr