Thinking Quotes

There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think the we Brits are smarter than perhaps we are.

Somebody said that Reason was dead. Reason said: No, I think not so.

If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.

I don't think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it's annoying.

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.

That's what I think we're all looking for - an honest love wherever you can find it.

I had seen Shawn Levy's movie just before, Just Married. And I think when I met him too, he's very smart and together and he's got it together.

I think that's why I like New York City because you can just put on your backpack and just explore; you never know where you are going to end up.

I did not go to art school thinking that I was an artist; I went there mainly doing stage sets for bands. I considered my work more as an applied art for musicians, not as art in and for itself.

Until I was about 14, I was a fat boy, or at least I looked like a fat boy. I think that being funny was a bit of a defence mechanism for me, so I ended up being a bit of a joker.

I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a lie. A feature film is much closer to a short story actually.

In all my documentaries I did all the camera work, but in fiction I didn't want to do it myself. I think the machinery is so heavy and demanding that you would leave the actors alone for a long time.

Did you know Johnny thinks he's Pittacus resurrected?

I think it's really important for real artists to make sure they're honest.

I think the boy should pay. 'Cuz that's just the way it works on a first-date. But if he doesn't offer, then I will pay... and then just not go out with him again.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when you get the best stuff anyway, when it's real emotion.

I think you have to be very careful getting the balance right if you're going to talk about grand themes like war, death and nationhood. You need to use the right language or don't do it at all.

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

I think a lot of people have an idealistic view - if you grow up in the country, there can't possibly be anything wrong with you.

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter.

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many ways you know.

I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.

If you think little about yourself, you will have rest wherever you reside.

Sometimes I think that I stay young and in touch with contemporary culture because of my children's interests. I'm so lucky to be surrounded by their talent and vibrancy.

I personally do not think that I have ever done, in my working life, anything vulgar. I know I've done provocative things.

I do think there is a lack of modernity at the moment - and I don't even like that word, modernity, anymore. There aren't enough designers today anyway - there are more stylists.

More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.

We live, I think, in the century of science and, perhaps, even in the century of physics.

I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes.

Let us not have a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. All answers on computers - but no surprises. The challenge of love. God reveals himself through surprises.

Cars are necessary, but take a more humble one. Think of how many children die of hunger and dedicate the savings to them.

These are roots of all evil, hatred and greed, for money, for the construction and for the sale of weapons. This should make us all think, who is behind it all?

None of us can think we are exempt from concerns for the poor and for social justice.

God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that surpass our calculations and ways of thinking.

For example, this, what I said about the bishops who move pedophile priests, the best thing they can do is resign. This isn't a dogmatic thing, but this is what I think.

Terrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries.

I had a long conversation with the imam, the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar University, and I know how they think... They seek peace, encounter.

And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough to put my name on it.

As far as my diet goes, I eat what I want. But I think about it. So, if I eat hamburgers and hot dogs for two days straight, then I'll take another two days and then do salads and fish.

Why do people in this age think their own impoverished lives must be the norm of the universe?

I think Im pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.

I think there's always room for people to hear different styles of music, especially when it comes from the heart.

There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they think people wanna hear.

Canada has had populist movements in the past, virtually since its inception. I don't think the central Canadian elites have ever understood populism at all, particularly the Western version of it.