Thinking Quotes

Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.

I dont know whether its a fear of standing up, but I really love sitting at the table and blabbing. I learn so much that way, and I think I get free that way, free from inhibition and fears.

Some people mistakenly think nature is very nice and benevolent and never betrays.

I am rather saddened at the end of a book. I think most writers find this. It's like a friend departing on a voyage.

I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will.

All wars are crusades, or we're made to feel they are. That's just what's so wicked about them. We're made to feel - not think - and people can't think when they feel.

How anyone can remain a Catholic - I mean who has ever been aroused to think, and is not biased by the partialities of childish years - after seeing Catholicism here in Italy I cannot conceive.

It's no use to worry about what people think. I never do. I used to. But when I saw that they'd really rather think wrong than right I gave it up.

I think rigid heterosexuality is a perversion of nature.

I think Channel One was very integral in my career.

I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.

If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one.

Today the art of gardening is practised much more often than any other, in ignorant, impulsive ways, by people who never stop to think that it is an art at all.

I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit.

I don't remember being a child, and that's why I think I'm so child-like now in my unending curiosity and approach to life.

I think what you can’t see is always what you should be frightened of.

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

I think daily life is where the lessons come in - that's where the tests and the growth come in.

What I think about you, I will not be able to escape thinking about myself, and what I do to you, I will not be able to escape experiencing myself.

I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.

It's always about being yourself and not being ashamed of being different or thinking different.

I think people are more likely to think it's better to find something new. That mentality has affected all of our thinking.

An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.

Leather is always sexy, and you have to wear leather when you ride a bike. It's more for protection, but it also gets you some style points, I think.

There are amazing opportunities all over the world for women, and I think that there's more good that comes out of positive energy around that than negative energy.

When you see the trees swaying to the tune of a gentle breeze... think of it as a dance in your honor.

I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.

When I'm in a zone, I don't think about the shot or the wind or the distance or the gallery or anything; I just pull a club and swing.

I think if you're looking for a pure expression of evil, torture is pretty - is a pretty good candidate.

Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do!

If other people think I’m okay looking, that’s great, but I don’t see it myself. When I look in the mirror all I see is a bunch of fake teeth and football scars.

You really think all of those indie music dorks go to SXSW every year to check out music? They go there to wear their laminates and act important and try to get laid.

Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that climate change means we'll have to sacrifice our creature comforts. But it doesn't have to be that way.

No amount of thinking can stop thinking.

I remember thinking, "Far out, I can't believe this," when I started riding waves. Then I was starting to imagine where it could take me.

I think it's fair to say that Donald Trump was born without the embarrassment gene or the moral reservation gene.

I think music is a very personal thing and it doesn't necessarily have to be experienced one way or another, but the album experience is a completely different thing than the single experience.

I think we should do meditation and yoga at work.

Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature, but not that of the other side

Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.

He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients - no, three, I think - yes, it was three; I attended their funerals.

I used to think my father was an idiot, until I turned twenty-one... Then I thought he was a genus.

I'm proud to be white. I don't have anything against my color. But I don't think color matters, either. Just like I feel it doesn't matter that I'm a white dude doin' black music.

With some of the issues around the Snowden leaks and what the NSA was doing I think have scared people around the world and I think in many ways rightfully so.

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

I think in all of us there is a profound longing for friendship, a deep yearning for the satisfaction and security that close and lasting friendships can give.

I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at all; men just don’t know how to listen.

Those who think he had lucky breaks are not only unaware of the real story but also fall prey to that sin of the mediocre: bitchiness about others’ success

The cause of anger lies in our thinking - in thoughts of blame and judgment.