Thinking Quotes

i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.

When I talk of reality, I am always thinking of essentials. Profundity is not located in some remote, inaccessible region. It is rooted in everyday life.

Abstract thinking leads to greater creativity... But in our businesses and our lives, we often do the opposite. We intensify our focus rather than widen our view.

Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them.

If everybody's thinking the same thing, then nobody's thinking.

No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.

Thinking first of money instead of work brings fear.

I'm usually always thinking about the cons.

People who are always thinking of the feelings of others can be very destructive because they are hiding so much from themselves.

I believe that the time to start thinking about your legacy is not at the end but at the beginning, because as I said, that's when you're able to do something about it.

Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.

Bad terminology is the enemy of good thinking.

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and Start being positive about what could go right.

I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.

I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.

I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.

Tell me what you think and then tell me what the really smart person in the room who disagrees with you thinks.

As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.

When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.

Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.

The more I live, the more I think, two people together is a miracle.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

Don't think. That is the wrong way to bring anything back. Let it go. Sooner or later it will flash into your mind.

A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves.

To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.

Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.

I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.

We are not so mad as to think that we shall create a world in which murder will not occur. We are fighting for a world in which murder will no longer be legal.

All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.

The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge.

Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect.

It was the lowest point of my life. I just kept thinking, 'What have I done to deserve this?' I didn't see the point in living.

It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.

I think most people when you say slavery tend to see a group of anonymous people pulling cotton sacks in great plantation fields, and that is largely true.

I think my influence on Donald Trump is way, way lower than what mainstream media has said.

I think that's one of the reasons it's nice to leave out a lot; it can become a lot more personal to people if there is room for them to put their own experiential time track on it.

If you're designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer's not going to take notice.

I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.

Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.

It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think