Thinking Quotes

Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.

Your attitude is an expression of your values, beliefs and expectations.

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

These parents, they think I'm a role model for their kids, that their kids look at me as some sort of idol. But it's the parents' job to make sure their kids don't turn out that shallow.

My trouble is I talk first and think later.

I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening.

I think I was always an old soul, even as a teenager.

I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big.

I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless.

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.

I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it.

How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a wandering to find home, why should we not look forward to the arrival?

If you are a Christian, you are free to think that all these religions, even the queerest ones, contain at least some hint of the truth.

Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it.

My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.

What is Mona Lisa thinking? Nothing, of course. Her blankness is her menace and our fear. [...] Walter Pater is to call her a 'vampire,' coasting through history on her secret tasks.

The heart wants what the heart wants," she says, somewhat cryptically. I purse my lips in disapproval. "You'd think the heart would know better.

Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know?

I don't think the sunrise is as good as the moonlight.

At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.

I think that most of the women when they dress in the morning, they try to be someone elseToday there is too much retouching, and I don't like it...except on me.

I think if we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed.

I think we need a real plan, which is why I have offered a much more specific approach to securing the border, fixing the legal immigration system and addressing illegal immigration.

I think we all have had better days in competition.

I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to pay our bills.

You think I don't know about wrong love, June? You think I don't understand embarrassing love?

Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

The night was ordinary. It usually is, I think, when your life changes. Most people aren't doing anything special when the carefully placed pieces of their life break apart.

In the end, it's always a single person who makes change. But I do think we should try to send artists out into the world and not have them all stick together in the big cities.

Just wear what you think looks beautiful.

A compromise is done willingly and out of love. You don't go away thinking, "I betrayed myself."

I constantly walk into a room and I don't remember why. But for some reason, I think there's going to be a clue in the fridge.

I don't know about understood. I think that unless you are forced to understand - unless it is an issue of yours - you wouldn't bother to.

I don't think 50-50 relationships exist. Men have an incredibly variety of options. It's much harder for a woman to do both things. I think traditional relationships work best.

I love making music and all that, but at the end of the day I don't think that's what people are going to remember about a person.

I think, over the years, I've kind of evolved.

The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

I think I’m better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence.

Every girl needs a bestfriend to help her laugh when she thinks she'll never smile again

I think the terrifying thing is you see all these people who go to the same cosmetic surgeon, and they end up, after a while, looking like everyone.

The thing about Reggie (Jackson) is that you know he's going to produce. And if he doesn't, he's going to talk enough to make people think he's going to produce.

Artists often think they are going to die before their time. They seem to possess a heightened sense of the passing of the hours.

If an artist and a scientist have a common point, it is probably in the need for some kind of imaginative thinking to interpret the material they have.

As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I am, how impotent are words in the presence of such perfection.