Thinking Quotes

I read the book [My Life by Bill Clinton] completely. And I think it compares very favorably with Ulysses S. Grant's gold standard of presidential autobiographies.

I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.

A lot of people think my sarcasm comes from insecurity and defensiveness, but I assure you I'm just being petty and cruel.

I bet when all the punctuation marks have a party, they quietly look at exclamation point's wife and think, that poor woman.

When a guy says "I have no idea what you're talking about" it means "I'm thinking of exactly what you're saying I did while I lie to you."

Text a guy you like right now, "I'm thinking about you." If he says, "mmm are you in bed?" Never speak to him again he's a lifelong moron.

I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.

I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life.

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.

When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

I am inclined to think that nothing could matter more than what people love. At any rate, I can think of no value that I would place higher. I would not want to live in a world without love.

This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.

Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.

Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us.

I think self-discipline is something, it's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.

It's nothing short of a whole new brain... animated by a different form of thinking and a new approach to life.

I think pirates, like astronauts, particularly for a boy, are always kind of worth thinking about.

I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.

We deeply want to be led by people who know what they're doing and who don't have to think about it too much.

As a fiscal conservative, I think that our government should pay for itself.

... this idea, that humans are essentially weak creatures, is actually deeply woven into a lot of the ways in which humans think about our bodies.

I totally think we have a future on the planet. I just think that we have to get away from Western thinking, which is very much founded on dualisms.

Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on instinct.

I think pressure is a good thing and it's good to be able to feel it and use it and experience the feeling of it and especially if you can get past it.

I think that the process of making a film is an underrated factor in how that film turns out.

I don't think of those things [from farting, to male on male affection, to crossdressing] as being taboo, I suppose, so it didn't strike me as, "Oh, I'm breaking boundaries and stuff..."

I'm not too worried about humanity in the future. I think we've got an innate ability as a species to self-correct.

When I multiply numbers together, I see two shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape emerges. That's the answer. It's mental imagery. It's like maths without having to think.

I don't have to accept what you think I should look like and I do not accept what you think I should look like.

I love the freedom of having my own space and my own place and doing things on my terms, and not really having to think about anybody else's schedule.

If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two.

I think me leaving Detroit shaped my style. Me leaving, going to New York, going to L.A. and seeing what they were doing there. I think that inspired me more than what people were doing back home.

Every day matters. I think so. I do. But I really have to work to force myself to see its value sometimes.

I know people who do a lot of drugs, and they keep thinking about things from the past and things ahead. But they're not living right here and now.

What makes Jay Johnstone unusual is that he thinks he's normal and everyone else is nuts.

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

On certain plays and situations I feel like I have the advantage. But sometimes I just have to not think about the size of the guy in front of me.

When I think my hair needs a bit of help, I just glue another bit onto my head.

I think if you can be a goal-setting person, it makes it easier to stay motivated.

I just had to learn to look at it as a job, as opposed to identifying myself as a model and thinking of myself as a part of this industry.

I spent about a year and a half doing technical post work on 'The Fountain'. Although I do like the process, I think my favorite part of filmmaking is the actors.

When I was 10 I used to walk around shopping centres and go, "Oh, they've recognised me!" And I would think, "hold on, who am I? I'm nobody famous yet!" - Darren on 60 Minutes

I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.

And then it got even worse, I mean, a few people fell by the wayside within hours. Nick Lowe was in it for about 5 hours I think, he was expelled for going to bed.

Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America.

I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they do something really specific that is hard to emulate or re-create digitally.

I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists.

If you hold on tight to what you think is your thing you may find you re missing all the rest

I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.