Thinking Quotes

I think we have to prepare the mind in one way or another to accept the great uprush or downrush, whichever you like to call it, of the greater non-self.

Today we are faced, I think, with the approach of what may be called the ultimate revolution, the final revolution, where man can act directly on the mind-body of his fellows.

And so, resisting the temptation to wallow in artistic remorse, I prefer to leave both well and ill alone and to think about something else

I've never discussed my writing with others much, but I don't believe it can do any harm. I don't think that there's any risk that ideas or materials will evaporate.

I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing.

I think the older I've gotten the more, like most people, my appreciation shifts towards things that are very difficult, where you see people who have put in tremendous hours and hours of commitment.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.

I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They're just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think is great.

I am still trying to find out things. And I inevitably tell myself the story in different ways every time I think about it.

I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think.

Even though New York may be a more inspiring city, I get more inspired thinking of L.A., in a way. My life there was so much more simple in mind, and quiet.

I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other.

I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there.

I don't think that everyone should have a philosophical answer to any given question. There are things that need to be done.

There's something in psychology called the narrative paradigm, which essentially means that we think of our lives as stories in which we are the main characters.

The way I think of my work is that I have to think up the way to tell a story, starting from scratch. The changes in the industry concern me in a general way because I think civilization is doomed.

I'm not nervous if I think about something for nine years and then I don't write it. Even if it fades it doesn't concern me. It'll come back if it's worth it.

It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it's evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories.

You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are generated.

I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda.

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

I'm bright, but there are lots of bright writers and people everywhere. In no way, at no point do I think I'm better than them.

Politics imagined as direct agency, whether by voting or by participating in politics, you can think you're not political because you don't do anything between elections.

So I think that I can say, as the President of Poland, we're proud that I am coming from Poland, which is different and what's more important, much better than before.

I think the optimal artwork is in constant circulation with the world around itself.

You pick people, and they pick you sometimes. It's especially great to connect with people you think you have nothing in common with.

I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.

For a long time a lot of people thought I'm British, because I'd done so many roles with English accents. People probably still think it. Or they don't think anything.

I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.

I think all shows change as they age as do the people who make the shows. As do the people who watch the shows. All targets are moving.

I think this [Feels like Christmas] is one of the greatest, most unsung albums ever. It's Cyndi Lauper, and it's called Hat Full Of Stars. She's so underrated.

I think great teachers, which coaches are, are the ones that you hear.

I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we'd be in good shape.

For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness.

I am proud to work with the fossil fuel industry. I think it has historically done a horrible job of educating the public and I think my ideas will help it make a better case for freedom.

I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)

In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.

It was our worst-ever day, the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1.

He's fiery, he's competitive, ... I think it was an unfair booking, and Wayne reacts like this against injustice.

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.

I can kid people, including myself, into believing that something on the page will work. But when you film it, you just think, "Oh ...".

I think many articles in the New Yorker have a strong point of view, but they are so rigorously fact-checked. I wouldn't call them objective, but they feel fair.

Suicides aren't heroic in my opinion. And I don't think anybody ever really knows why somebody commits suicide.

Long ago I had a professor who told me, 'Embrace the contradictions.' I think that is what is most interesting about people like Jobs.

When you finish writing the scripts they have time to take a breath and think about everything. There's just a little more time to think. Network does not allow for that.

As Brian Urquhart has said quite correctly, I don't think that individual countries in the international community can stand aside and let all of these slaughters continue without doing anything.

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.