Thinking Quotes

No one can go back, but everyone can go forward. And tommorow, when the Sun rises, all you will have to say to yourself is: I am going to think of this day as the first day of my life.

In order to dominate the soul you must also learn to dominate the body. And in order to dominate the body you cannot fear pain.

Remember that when you truly want something, the entire Universe conspires to make it happen.

No one is entirely good or evil; that is what the Warrior thinks when he has a new opponent.

As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.

I've just become more conscious about how much I do drink and how often I want to have a drink and things like that. I think being conscious of it will help me to control the urges.

For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other.

Every good that you do, every good that you say, every good thought you think, vibrates on and on and never ceases. The evil remains only until it is overcome by good, but the good remains forever.

Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.

Politicians, please, think of yourselves! Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you, and you'll keep a human being alive.

By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.

We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.

I can cook a few things. I always save the same recipes to impress my friends, and I always do two or three things, so they think I can cook. But I don't know how to do anything else.

I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work.

As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep.

I like to think about society as being a flock of birds: There seems to be a common consciousness in different time periods, and the new common consciousness reacts to the old standards.

I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.

The biggest secret of focused people is that they don't think about focus.

I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.

I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the country, you don't even have to please 1% to be phenomenally successful.

What do you think? Young women of rank eat - you will never guess what - garlick!

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think.

I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing.

I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does.

Looking back, I think I tried to be too eclectic. Sometimes I'd sing thirty songs, and fifteen of them were not in English.

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it.

I think that's where reality TV works - you don't know where it's going.

The best music of any era lasts well, I think.

Those who refuse the long drudgery of thought, and think with the heart rather than the head, are ever the most fiercely dogmatic in tone.

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to.

I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children.

I do think men fear female intuition.

I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful.

Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it's pain. Pain concerning the past.

Men get it. I think us men need you women to help us survive.

I think I was 5ft 9in at birth.

Seeing a play, listening to music - you'll always contextualize it in your own way. Whoever you are, wherever you are; I think that's really important.

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

We had a great group of guys when I was there, five of us, I think. It's a great competition. Every practice was hard. I think that's helped us a lot, everybody that was there.

I wouldn't accept losing as a team, wouldn't accept losing as my team. It's like a war every practice. I think it helped us a lot.

I'm a bit cynical that it ever will be addressed properly. I think it is healthy to get some sort of copyright protection. But some of it has gone on forever.

People seem to forget that one reason they are now thinking differently is Freud's legacy itself.

I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I think I wanted to be a writer, or at least to try for a while.

I would like to think of Badfinger's music as mood music. Something with a bit of feeling, whether it's hard or soft.

I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

Sin comes from not realizing God's love. Sin comes from thinking ourselves only as sinners, while overcoming sin comes from thinking ourselves as overcomers. We act our our perceived identities.