Thinking Quotes

Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong... And yet, a person can perform only from strength.

Economists think the poor need them to tell them that they are poor.

What people in business think they know about the customer and market is likely to be more wrong than right...the customer rarely buys what the business thinks it sells him.

I think my biggest muses in fashion are probably rock 'n' roll girlfriends, like Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull and Bianca Jagger - and then maybe Patti Smith a bit as well.

I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself.

I think we're all fans of Twilight. Being in this Saga, you become a fan. I have the whole DVD collection at home. I put it on every day and watch it at least five times a day. Is that weird?

I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with other kids at lunch, I'd go to a corner and buy a pretzel and orange juice. I think I had that for lunch the first three years of high school.

I know guys. I know the way they think.

We really love all sports, but we don't think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was a script we really liked and we saw the possibilities.

They think so small, they use small words. But not me, I'm smarter than that, I've worked it out. I'm stretching my mouth to let those big words come on out.

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change; I think that's quite an interesting statistic.

In our show, we try to think about consequences, not about tricking the audience or hiding things to fool the audience.

I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80.

I think it is really important to be in some way provocative -- either intellectually or viscerally -- in the films one makes.

I don't think we've seen any cinema yet. I think we've seen 100 years of illustrated text.

I think my films are always quite self-reflexive and always question 'why am I doing this, is this the right way to do it, what is cinema for, does it have a purpose?

I like to think of The Falls as my own personal encyclopedia Greenaway-ensis.

I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions.

The range of human skin colours is quite narrow when you think about it - and I do - and subtle - beige, pink, white, tan, taup.

There have been innumerable films about film-making, but Otto e Mezzo was a film about the processes of thinking about making a film -- certainly the most enjoyable part of any cinema creation.

I do indeed think that cinema is mortal. There is a lot of evidence already that it is dying on its feet.

There are many photos of Eisenstein. I think he was quite vain, and he liked photos of him. Being a virgin at 33 is strange now, but let's not be too high-minded about that.

I'd like to think that we've certainly strengthened the position of some of our government businesses.

If we are tough on crime and on terrorism, as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour.

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.

The one thing with 3D presentations is I think that 3D itself, whether it's 24 or 48, is at a very interesting point in time.

I don't believe in the concept that 3D should be shot separately. I mean, every director has their own style, sure, but I don't think any of that is really an issue with 3D.

I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living, breathing narrative that is unfolding right then and there.

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

Every actor wants to do more, because you always think you can improve it.

I think the better the show usually it means that you've got a lot of good people, because it's sustaining itself. If there's negative energy, things tend to break down ultimately.

I think I've been able to be in some really good projects with some really good people.

I love working with Liev [Schreiber]. I've known him for a long time. I just think he is a master. Few actors are so self-possessed and so focused and so confident.

Every actor wants to know in different ways. Some like to know everything. Some don't want to know anything. I think I land somewhere in the middle.

I think if I learned anything in graduate school, it was to not drool around other actors who would normally make you drool.

There are an awful lot of readers who won't pick up a book if they think it's got anything horrific in it, or paranormal or whatever.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

Do you think in many ways, sir, you're the victim of circumstance now?

I think it's important to remember the tensions between Turkey and Russia predate this jet shoot down by some time. I mean, Russia's long been Bashar al-Assad's strongest backer.

I think, in all honesty, the first place that someone in emotional distress should turn is their loved ones, and then to use professionals.

People think in narrow, constrained, constipated ways about the world. They can't imagine that the world could be different. Not like the dreamers who actually see a different world, a better world.

We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.

Small businesses have made the call that to stay alive, health care isn't something they can provide. I think it's a tragic calculation.

It's a token for the arcade games at Laser Sport Time!" Dan hissed. "Uncle Alistair doesn't think so," Amy murmured. "He's a numismatist." "He takes his clothes off in public?" Dan said.

I think one's character on the athletic field does not have to have anything to do with the way they are in real life.

I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must be met [for intervention].

Acting is about covering up traces of who you are and just being the character. I think it's easier to accept people in roles if you don't know a lot about them.

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.