Thinking Quotes

Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. Its about being there at big moments, but its also just the consistency of decision making. And its routine.

I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.

All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.

The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush.

I always think under par. You have to believe in yourself.

People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'

Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.

The process of change does not occur on superficial levels, through mere 'positive thinking.' It involves exploring, discovering, and changing our deepest, most basic attitudes toward life.

I'm just really excited to promote the movie [I know The Chair ] and the show in a different way, and not just the typical Hollywood way, which I don't think I'll ever fit into.

I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.

Seeing yourself as responsible for the quality of your relationship, as a prime mover in your life, I think is a bold, amazing step.

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.

I think I am aging, but I'm enjoying the process.

I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that helped me get noticed, at least by the people of Pennsylvania.

There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines.

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

No woman who understands the gospel would ever think that any other work is more important or would ever say, "I am just a mother," for mothers heal the souls of men.

You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.

When people are really suffering, and we know they're suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.

I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'

I think I'm prone to not being a good guy in relationships.

I think everyone can enjoy games.

I'd love to direct a film, but I don't think I have the temperament for it. I'm very hyper, and I want things to be done ASAP. If I turn director, I might end up killing my actors.

People think I'm nuts.

I don’t think books can change the world, but when the world begins to change, it searches for different books.

A good game impresses you with what you're doing. I think that's a fundamental difference that I as a game designer need to recede in the background.

You think we shouldn't anthropomorphize people?

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.

I think that in general it is a good plan occasionally to bear in mind the fact that people were in the habit of dreaming before there was such a thing as psychoanalysis.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

I think that the joke and the ghost story both have a similar set up in that you kind of set something up and pay it off with a laugh or a scare.

No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.

Great minds think alike.

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have the capacity do not possess it.

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

Of all the arts I think Music has the most mighty, universal, and immediate effect.

People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

Well, in Colombia everybody's very voluptuous, and you're supposed to be. You don't want to be skinny when all of your cousins are mermaids. You grow up thinking that's how beauty is.

L. A. is crazy. The women all look the same now. That thing with the cheeks. Like Madonna. Who do they think they're fooling? It doesn't make them look young. You end up looking like a freak.

Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating.

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.

We've all known a John Tucker. We've either known one, dated one or our best friend has dated one. I think a lot of men at one point or another have been a John Tucker.

I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience.

Beauty is no handicap if you don't think about it.

A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.

Your worries, your feelings, your thoughts arise in your own mind. You are totally responsible for all your feelings - how you feel, what you think, what you do... You are responsible.