Thinking Quotes

I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism.

I don't think wood was discovered in Britain until the 1970's. That's when I discovered it anyway.

I'm no longer thinking of Madrid. That dream is dead. The only thing I dream about now is Manchester United and winning the Champions League again in Rome.

I'm the kind of person that thinks that you should get what you deserve in what you show, with actions, not with words.

I don't think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. Cause I'm from the bottom I think they look at me and go 'well, if he made it, I can make it'

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.

I don't think that any Icelandic filmmaker feels like he belongs to Icelandic filmmaking, because nobody really knows what it is.

I think in many ways narrow minded-attitudes lead to extreme thinking.

True change is within; leave the outside as it is.

Hell is not a subject to be avoided; it is a place to be avoided. Thinking about Hell is actually a very good idea. It's a good way to keep ourselves out of it.

I've never felt scared of flight, ever. It's really weird. I don't know. They stick a gin and tonic in your hands and I just think, "Life is good!"

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.

I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head.

I believe that thinking about the problem … is your problem.

I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.

I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect or forget it.

I think ABC sort of hoped I would be really like Carol Burnett. I mean literally, I think.

I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.

I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don't want anyone to worry their life away.

It's the worst feeling when you come home alone late at night and think the stranger sitting on your couch is a pile of clothes.

I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten years of the last 30 in prison.

I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics.

The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.

Some women have said, 'Gee, here I am getting involved with this fat guy, what will people think of me?' But they were converted and sometimes surprised.

I don't think you can get any more working class than me. Everyone seems posh to me.

I don't think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band.

I love Fear Factor, but I think they're running out of fears. It's only a matter of time before they're sitting around doing shots of Hepatitis C.

I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.

People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

Every time I would think about my purpose, the answers seemed to come in sounds. In melodies. In feelings.

I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think there's anything there, but it would be a nice place to visit.

I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.

I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was.

Design Star' was incredible, and I didn't think it could get any better, and then 'Color Splash' happened.

You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor.

I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry.

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

I think most Americans don't agree with the idea that the best qualified person should not get the job.

I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader.

It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking.

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.

In terms of the way people see me, it breaks down into two very clear and distinct groups: those who think they know me from reading the papers and those who really know me by reading my books.

I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.

I think one of the most important skills of a local organizer of a local economy is an ability to put on a terrific street party.

I think I might have a bad psychic advisor. When I asked her to contact the dead, she gave me Keith Richards' phone number.