Thinking Quotes

I think your typical high-school straight kid nowadays is not the straight guy of yesterday. I think he's way more open and accepting.

A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. I think that kind of thing is an abuse of history.

I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy.

Economists don't usually make good speculators, because they think too much.

Unsustainable situations usually go on longer than most economists think possible. But they always end, and when they do, it's often painful.

I don't think I've had any great success in predicting politics or social change, nor have I really tried.

I really think that people have to think safety; taking risks for higher yield is a bad idea once you're in late or latish middle age.

I think Stockman is an interesting sort of amalgam.

Long John I think went off the air in about '79 or something, so there was a hiatus. That's why I think Art Bell thought there was a spot to be filled. He was doing exactly the same thing.

I've kind of always done diagrams. It helped me think.

I would say that it's probably impossible for a lot of people to even think what H.P. Lovecraft's theological state was.

I think [H.P. Lovecraft] recognized what he was dealing with, he was dealing with demons. And he was dealing with creatures that're suffering. There's no way out of this suffering.

I think [H. P. Lovecraft] knew the whole gamut. He just didn't believe any of it! He probably liked to use the esoteric stuff because he knew it would tick people off and freak them out.

I think [Theosophical and Masonic books] wasn't that I was inspired so much. I was corroborated by them.

[Nikola Tesla] was thinking of parts actually moving, like exchanging positions in space through time. This would go over here, then that would go over there, and then something else would happen.

I think you'll find a significant number of people who decide not to enter competitions because their music just won't fit in that world.

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.

I don't think of my music as being about something.

It's very interesting for me to listen to music with my wife. She's not a musician but she very often makes comments about pieces in ways that are similar to what I'm thinking.

I think of myself as an experimentalist even though much of my music sounds logical and normal, in a sense.

I think of myself as experimenting with different ways of structuring pieces. A lot of it has to do with the computer, of course.

I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think.

Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are imaginary.

Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.

I think basically an actor is a salesman.

I think someone's sexual orientation is great fodder for gossip. But again, it's non-news to me or anyone who knows me.

I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible.

There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was.

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.

I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.

I'm often reading a magazine and hearing about someone's new record, and I think: "Oh, boy, that's gonna be better than me". It's a very common thing.

I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.

The bond market is debating with itself what the intent of the Fed is. I don't think the Fed has a multi-step process. They are taking it step by step.

I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting.

I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.

There are a lot of drivers who can carry a car. It doesn't happen very often very successfully. I think it takes a certain amount of sensible bravery. It's no good to be brave and just keep crashing.

I believe there can be dignity in the acting profession. And I think there ought to be more dignity in the publicity an actor gets.

I think Hollywood is in love with sequels. If it's successful once, just jazz it up and shoot it out there again. I think it's unfortunate.

I think anybody that is going to be taken seriously in [music] industry needs to produce their own original music.

I think everybody should have dyslexia and ADD.

Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don't think about the fatigue factor. You're just trying to grind it out to get the win.

My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game.

What I think and what the world thinks is totally different.

If we were redesigning around people instead of around automobiles, which I think the market is more or less going to do, although too slowly, than I'd be a lot cheerier.

There's a layer of satisfaction that I get from cooking that is more than the work itself. I think when you're too competitive sometimes you can lose the joy of what you do.

We [chefs] are competitive, although I think you need to be careful with competitiveness as it can become quite negative.