Thinking Quotes

I think neuroscience is obviously very esoteric, but I think there are aspects of it that can absolutely be brought down to the level of an interested 11-, 12-, 13-year-old easily.

I don't think I would change really anything about rap. Rap don't have no limits to it, and I like it like that.

Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we may make it holy.

I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.

Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.

With acting, it's like becoming another person. I think that's neat, especially when you totally forget. If you totally forget, which I love to do, that's when it's magic.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

I'm a really sensitive person. I cry if I miss a cab. I've always worn my emotions on my sleeve. I think it makes life so much better when you can talk about anything.

[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them.

You aren't afraid of what you think you're afraid of - you're afraid of what you think.

I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will involve himself or herself.

I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.

Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me keep on going.

I don't think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.

I think in a world where everyone wants to categorize and compartmentalize and rationalize, it's OK to be different.

Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize.

When I was young I used to sit in the cinema thinking wouldn't it be great if you could have a film in which the characters were like real people instead of being like actors.

Old ladies in wheelchairs with blankets over their legs, I don't think so...retired mermaids.

I think Elvis would be alive today, probably, if he had been allowed to mix and mingle with his fans. I think it was a great cross for him to bear that he couldn't get out and be with his fans.

I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.

I tried to walk into Target, but I missed. I think the entrance to Target should have people splattered all around.

Tony the Tiger usually thinks that stuff is great.

I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives.

If the culture is so all pervasive that you can’t think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?

I think the truth is black-and-white .

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you.

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad idea to mess with porcupines.

I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it's not how you look; it's how you perform.

If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.

The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s).

I had my first kiss when I was 11, but I think I've blocked it out of my mind because it was so bad. I'm not even sure it counts as a kiss.

I don't want to live the rest of my life thinking about you and dreaming of what might have been. Stay with me, Allie.

I think there's something extraordinarily nice about seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed, [] there's something uncanny about it.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

I used to think the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality.

They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know.

My favorite pastime is staring out the window. When I go on tour, I can spend hours and hours just staring out the window, thinking about nothing. I love all that.

The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.

When we start focusing on things we can do and don't think so much about the things we can't do, things really start to happen

The kind of problem that literature raises is not the kind that you ever 'solve'. Whether my answers are any good or not, they represent a fair amount of thinking about the questions.

We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.

I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.

Harmony with nature will bring you a happiness known to few city dwellers. In the company of other truth seekers it will be easier for you to meditate and think of God.

One night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up.

On the issue of inflation, I think I could solve it no matter how much money it took.

I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.

When a dream takes hold of you, what can you do? You can run with it, let it run your life, or let it go and think for the rest of your life about what might have been.

It's unnecessary and destructive to think of oneself at all. People ask me, 'What do you think of yourself as?' My answer is, 'Nothing.