Thinking Quotes

Thinking is to man what flying is to birds. Don’t follow the example of a chicken when you could be a lark.

You can't solve problems with the same thinking that caused them.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards.

Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes.

I think I enjoy London the best as it's where I started my career. But Paris is beautiful too.

I think I'm in better shape now than I was 10 years ago, but it takes a bigger toll - I get back pain!

I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city, nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be even more liberal in the States, and it's totally the opposite.

I think of my best poems as vessels that I can or hope to fill with everything I have.

I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

I think it really makes a difference when you know the people that you're working with, when you develop a relationship.

The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on.

Everyone is just making the choices they think will help them get by.

I think a closet full of things would actually stress me out.

Thou madest man, he knows not why, he thinks he was not made to die.

Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.

I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.'.

I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you'd better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that's going to shape them. They are going to become you.

I still think of myself as from Illinois.

It's very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eighth grade, and the height I am now, I would just look at the cute little short girls and think, 'If only, if only.

I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes, than drama.

I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

I don't think there's anything divisive about me.

I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard.

I think that Governor Romney needs to talk about the fact that what he tried to do in the state of Massachusetts was him seeing what could be best for his state, but maybe it didn't work out as well.

I don't know where I would be without music. Even if I wasn't a musician, I think music is God. In a lot of ways, it's my saving grave. It's been my religion since I was a little kid.

I think most poets are natural witnesses and were curious about everything.

I definitely think I put more pressure on myself. I can be hard on myself and super-critical and very rarely satisfied or happy. I am my biggest critic.

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

I think it took me a long time to realize that you can't really score unless someone passes you the ball. The older you get as a woman, it's fewer and far between. The material isn't there.

I think some people would understand the quintessence of sanctifying grace if they could be black about twenty-four hours.

I think education has a bigger impact on the lives of people than absolutely anything else.

I don’t think that India is much celebrated for its democracy. Democracy has been a very neglected commodity at home and abroad.

I think social change work is some of the most extraordinary dreaming that any of us have the possibility of doing.

In film, I don't think I'd try directing. Maybe one day, but I'd certainly want to go to film school or something before I tried to do something like that. That would be quite scary.

I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.

Unless you do this with an open heart, I don’t think anything will come of it.

I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.

To me, the human experience does involve a great deal of anguish. It's joyful, but it's bittersweet. I just think that's life.

What I think," Chatty says, "is that if a man loves a woman more than a woman loves a man, then they're even.

The other day I was playing Scrabble. I saw that I could close the space in D-E- -Y. I had an N and an F. Which do you think I chose? What was the word I made?

I wasn't a cliquey person, and I think that's because I came from a large family. I got along with everybody, and I usually got along with the people that people didn't like.

You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei

I didn't think it was special to be able to sing.

I think it's really important for my daughter to see her parents being physically fit and for that to be a part of her life. The examples we set for her will stay with her the rest of her life.

Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all.

I think there are a lot of celebrities who put on a performance on camera.

Graduation is a big deal-bigger than getting a hole-in-one while golfing. People might think you're lying about the hole-in-one, but when you graduate, you get a diploma.