Thinking Quotes

Don't be deceived into thinking that by changing the external, the internal will be changed. It works the other way around; the path that needs changing is the one in your mind.

We learn by making mistakes. If you genuinely want to have a multifaceted career that takes you into multiple industries, then I think you have to be willing to fail.

I think experienced makes me sound like an aging hooker.

For a long time I've lived with the inadequacy of that frame to tell everything I knew, and I think a lot about what is outside of the frame.

No one thinks much about their ability to breathe; they just do it. It's when a person can't breathe, that they suddenly realize they'd been doing something truly marvelous all along.

I like the idea that people get engaged thinking about design, about creativity. I don't see how it could possibly be bad.

Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida

I've tried a lot of different apps to manage Twitter on my phone (I use Hootsuite on my laptop), but I think the official Twitter app is really good.

There are cultures that believe having your photograph taken steals your soul. I don't think there is a stolen soul in a picture, but still - why is it so hard to throw them away?

I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.

I don't think a celebrity endorsement gets you a vote, but it opens the door for you to hear the appeal of the candidate.

I think that is the difference between the very good and the best.

I like to think that with me, what you see is what you get, and you can like or dislike it, it's up to you, but it's straight. That's something that I pride myself on.

I think people have confidence that I will fairly and accurately represent their point of view to the President, and that I'm not going to put a spin on it, even if I may disagree with it.

I don't have time to think about the false controversy.

I think looking at your own life, on- and offscreen, you can motivate anything, or you can delude yourself into anything.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, it never really worked to think something like, "What Beatle did she like in high school?" or those kinds of elaborate backstories.

So I think (Obama) definitely has convinced people that he stands for change and for hope, and I can't wait to see what he stands for.

the appetite for thinking must be regulated, as all sensible people know, for it may stifle one's life.

Thinking, writing are ultimately questions of stamina.

I write - and talk - in order to find out what I think.

You can go into all sorts of situations with a camera and people will think they should serve it.

I think part of the success which Structuralist or post-Structuralist thought in critical theory has had in literary studies in American universities is due to a theoretical vacuum.

I think that there is generally less of a community and that the fragmentation of the left is a symptom. I think that it is less and less possible to take for granted certain cultural references.

Even when I rehearse down in the bowels of the Metropolitan Opera, you can't help but think why The Phantom of the Opera was inspired by what happens in the bowels of the opera house.

I don't think I ever wanted fame.

I think playing a horn has had a great influence on my singing. I've tried to approach singing from an instrumental mindset. Space is just as important as sound.

Think hard before you begin, then enter the work.

I registered Democrat because my parents did. They were, we were. There was no thinking behind it.

You can never completely know anyone, no matter how well you think you do. There will always be some truth about them you don’t ever get to know.

Things fall apart, even when you think they're stronger than anything you could ever imagine.

If I’d stopped believing that my life would eventually get better, I don’t think I would have survived high school.

When your heart is shattered into a million pieces, all you can do is try to keep holding on. You breathe. You try to fall asleep. You try to not think about him.

Maybe there is no one perfect person and anyone you end up with will eventually make you think there’s someone better out there.

And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!

There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story.

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

I think memories are like dreams. Not reliable proof of anything. I can't prove a memory any more than I can prove a dream.

I think there's a misconception of my wanting to do dark stuff.

Real thinking is possible only in the light of genuine language, no matter how limited, how primitive.

Only a creature that can think symbolically about life can conceive of its own death. Our knowledge of death is part of our knowledge of life.

In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.

I think moms need to share information on a regular, intimate basis.

I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style.

I'm a therapist and that fascinates people because they think I carry secrets.

I try to have a very optimistic outlook on life, I try not to take anything too seriously, I try to and I do find a ton of joy and happiness in my life and I think that helps you stay youthful.

I grew up sort of a geeky, tall kid, and I think I was always the one trying to make my friends laugh.

I feel excited about getting older as an actress, too. I think there are some amazing opportunities around the corner and I don't need to hold on to myself or who I was when I was 25.

I don't think it necessarily makes me want to go back to my 20s, but what I love about playing any type of character is the escapism.

I don't know, think for that relationship in particular age doesn't really come into play.