Thinking Quotes

The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

The mental never influences the physical. It is always the physical that modifies the mental, and when we think that the mind is diseased, it is always an illusion.

Don't think of people in the mass. That gives you a blurred view.

But I think humans are innately religious as a species, so you don't need a specific excuse for examining the perversely unholy.

I think the money that I've got is a consequence of the activities I've been doing and the interests that I've had in my life. I've never set out to make a lot of money.

I think health-wise, pro-wrestling is probably ten times worse for you than MMA.

I'm training at everything. Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, striking. Everything. I think to be in the UFC, you have to be well rounded at everything. That's the goal.

What every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Do you think I got stung because I have honey in my coffee every day?

My worst decision was not learning Spanish yet. I think it would really help my business if I could do some of my singles in Spanish or a Spanish/English mix.

I think leadership is both a trained thing and a natural gift.

In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at whether they are investing enough in the development of their human capital.

People think they know the mystery of living in your skin. They don't. There's no one who knows except the person who carts it around her own self.

You shouldn't be looking for the secret to making people follow fads, you should be looking for the secret to making them think for themselves. Because that's what science is all about.

Perhaps that's how I should think of them, Polly thought, the troupe and Miss Snelgrove and Trot. And Sir Godfrey. Not as lost to her, but as removed to this moment in time for safekeeping.

I think it's easier to identify with guys who are just trying to make a living and working day to day.

You would think I would recycle by the way I found my last chick...cause all she wants is paper or plastic.

People think they know what they want but they generally don't. Sometimes if they're lucky they'll get it anyways.

I think philosophy is all about lived experience, which is to say life in the streets, life in a variety of different contexts.

Why do grown-ups think it's easier for children to bear secrets than the truth? Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets?

I'm a big fan of 'Glee.' I think it's really smart. And I think it's well-timed. But you can't not be surprised at the reception this show's received. It's really something else.

I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.

God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the ways we think he should work.

You would think, in an ideal world, that if you were in a really good film and did a really good job, whether it was a big film or not, you would get hired a lot; but that is not my experience.

If people are fans of 'Mindfreak,' they are going to be so excited with 'Believe.' They are actually going to see those illusions that people think can only happen with trick photography.

Do you think I would enter into a contract with that mob? Absolutely no chance. I would not sell them a virus. That is a 'No' by the way. There is no agreement whatsoever between the clubs.

Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.

Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am.

I think women still want to be married. But I don't think they'll do anything to get married anymore

I think it was interesting to be steeped in that [political] world.

I was in film before I was on stage. I started acting when I was like 12. But, no, I think my mother indoctrinated me very early.

I think [nancy Reagan] was a very controlled and controlling person, because she was so scared all the time and because she had such an inner sense of panic.

I think Nancy Reagan felt so judged all the time and she felt so unlovable.

I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had.

All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy.

There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions.

Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too.

Some people think [Ted] Cruz is just as bad of an electoral nightmare down the ballot as [Donald] Trump.

The prospering of God's cause on earth depends upon his people thinking well.

Not thinking critically, I assumed that the successful prayers were proof that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something wrong with me.

Secrets interest us all, I think.

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.

Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

I think I had an argument with a hypnotist this morning. It makes perfect sense as I have no memory of it.

What men say: I'm sorry, honey. I was wrong. What men think: I'd love a Chipwich. I should go get one.

I think that ultimately what drives my decisions is if I think the opportunity is going to challenge me in a way that makes me better as an actor.

I think it will be very challenging for someone who has not been in prominent public life in the age of Twitter to go out on the campaign trail.