Thinking Quotes

I think all men when they get older, they look at the mirror and they probably see their father a little bit.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I think somebody doesn't like me, she does. This has never changed and I'm certain it never will.

Sometimes I think children are the worst people alive. And even if they're not- even if some smiling toddler is as pure as Evian- it's only a matter of time.

When I think about the future, I'm not necessarily arguing it's going to be better or worse. I'm just saying it's going to be different.

You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question I am least comfortable asking the person? And then I make sure I ask it early in the interview.

Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.

Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think its bipartisan.

I'm so proud of how well Canada did at the Games here. It think we're going to do even better in 2010.

I don't think I make genre movies. There is a certain type of violence in my films but I think I have my own genre because I made it happen like that.

Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.

I think that every record has its own life and a different sound.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.

I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

I think you always have regrets.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

I haven't even had a life I could call my own, and you're ready to slot me into the grand design. Well, I don't think I want to go. I want to be my own design.

I did not think I would make the grade.

The league, I think, is doing well. It's growing, it's maturing, and it's becoming a better league. (on Major League Soccer)

You never know, until you put a play up for an audience, whether it's going to work. Things you think will work don't, and things you're not sure about work really well.

I think Robitussin is way underrated.

It's frustrating to do albums that you think are worth listening to, but it's just so difficult to cut through.

I think people need to guard themselves in what they watch and what they listen to because I think that does affect who they are and why they do what they do.

Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.

I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.

I hear so many of the young people today sing and I think they have a good voice, yet I wonder if they'll ever know that they sound alike.

Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

Time is not so all-erasing as we think.

I’m not as cool as you think I think I might be – and the most important things in my life are God, love and peace. Everything else is b.s. And art’s kind of important, too.

I believe that most people aren't that different from one another. Although we might appear to be different on the surface, I think ultimately we all go through the same struggles.

It's funny I'm in some ways hopelessly masculine, but I don't fish, I don't hunt, I'm not that into sports. I can't fix a car. I think it's my point of view and the way I see the world.

I think hip-hop can be prophetic and progressive, and at the same time, the dominant forms tend to be homophobic, misogynistic and something that we need to critically call into question.

Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher - for any human being, I think, in the end. Courage to think, courage to love, courage to hope.

I think, Tom Friedman is right, and I think that we have to - we have to have a serious public dialogue to try to shift public policy in that regard.

I do wish I ruled the world, I think it'd be a better place.

I think we look back at times past with fondness because we were younger. Life had not yet begun pecking away at our innocence like buzzards on fresh road kill.

I used to love going fishing. I think it was really about the clothes. Nothing says real man like a vest with 38 pockets and a mesh hat with hooks in it.

Sometimes things reveal themselves to you a little bit. I think it was Joan Didion that said, "We write to find out what we're thinking." And sometimes that happens.

Anything you want to do is possible; fear is not meant to prevent but to motivate your heart into the life you naturally think is improbable.

They've never written a love story for me since I've been on the show and I think there's just more weight to it when two people love each other.

I don't need to get any validation by someone else who sits next to me in first class. If you think a seat in first class makes you a star, then you're not one.

I think you always take pride in how you play.

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women.

We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves.

I think the birds in the area are dying laughing watching me try not to crash.