Thinking Quotes

Friends come in herds and they leave in herds. Hollywood loves an adventure, but you have to hit bottom. Then they love to save you and be a part of it. Or think they're a part of it.

Fear and worry are emotions that cloud the mind from being able to think clearly, to remember what the procedures are to deal with that emergency.

Thinking that what you want equals what's best for you is a dead end.

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers.

If conversion makes no improvements in a man's outward actions then I think his 'conversion' was largely imaginary.

I don't think about being undefeated; I don't think about what people say in the media about me, whether it's good or bad; I just don't think of it.

Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think.

As you get older, I think everyone feels that, no matter what the job: to try a hand at running the business as opposed to simply being an employee.

Did you think I was immortal?

Am I reserved? I think I agree with that. I don't think I'm particularly original. I am quite homey, though. But then I'm also quite transient. I quite like being nomadic.

Learn your techniques well and be prepared to let them go when you touch the human soul.

I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future, can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.

I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.

I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.

I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.

Patience is a virtue Savannah, to tolerate delay. It implies self control and forbearance, as opposed to wanting what we want when we want it. Something to think about. . .

Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.

Stop wishing to merit anyone's gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.

I think about women and their thoughts and ideas, and I suppose when I'm painting them I'm getting to be them, in a sense. That is why I plainly paint women.

It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other.

"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged.

Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act the vision we have of our jobs determines what we do and the opportunities we see or don't see.

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

If we will only think, we shall begin to thank.

Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.

In thinking about His many blessings, you view God's work from a new perspective.

The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.'

Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while.

Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.

I think track records are very important. If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.

I think there's something to be said for developing the disposition to own stocks without fretting.

I think liberal art faculties at major universities have views that are not very sound, at least on public policy issues - they may know a lot of French however.

I'm proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad.

Black-Scholes works for short-term options, but if it's a long-term option and you think you know something [about the underlying asset], it's insane to use Black-Scholes.

There's an instant access to luxury that I think women really appreciate.

I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

When I think of the standing, the importance and the erudition of all these people who see nothing about racism in Heart of Darkness, I'm convinced that we must really be living in different worlds.

I think any athlete will tell you that season-ending losses stay with you for a long time. If you are one of the main reasons for a season-ending loss, it sticks with you longer.

My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.

People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes

I don't think I could ever stop being a game designer, that's just where my brain is going to be at until I'm in the coffin.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

If you start thinking that only your biggest and shiniest moments count, you're setting yourself up to feel like a failure most of the time.

I'm the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.