Thinking Quotes

I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use.

When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.'

I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

Our party for the longest time has relied on the votes of white guys. I think that all of these candidates are going to improve our party, our policies, and our nation.

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man. I would respectfully disagree with that.

I don't think the American people, if you look historically, elect angry candidates.

I think that life expectancy over the last 10 years has increased dramatically. You're living longer.

John Cryan and I worked together at UBS, and I think John is one smart, hardworking individual, and I wouldn't bet against John. I wish him well.

Do people have confidence? I think the real confidence you need is the confidence in your outlook, and I think people are pretty confident it is a low-growth world.

We pick on retail, I think, because each individual has experience with retail. It is easy to talk about.

I think people sense that - that there is something not right about that equation [in the USA].

One of the great parts about my job is I travel the world. I was in India right before the [Narenda] Modi election, and I don't think he was the frontrunner until the end.

It is hard to compare over generations. I think a lot of the top talent is choosing other fields. We look pretty hard - we put a lot of time and effort into finding talent.

Whatever it is, in a 1% GDP world, I think people feel like there are other things they have to do other than just organic growth.

You can think of creativity as applied imagination.

Creativity, as I see it, is the process of putting your imagination to work. It's been defined rather simply as applied imagination. That's not a bad way to think about it.

I think of game development as a clown car moving through tall grass.

I don't think anyone can speculate what will happen with respect to oil prices and gas prices because they are set on the global economy.

I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.

And as for baby-boomer parents cluck-clucking about illegal substances, ah, gimme a break. Still, I think I'll pass on the rave. But more power to 'em, I say.

I think I was a born scientist.

I don't agree that you need an enormous number of American troops. Saddam's army is down to one-third than it was before, and I think it would be a cakewalk.

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

I think that systems that are based on employment are illogical and attempts to meet them create all sorts of unnecessary complexities.

I just don't think the moon is going to be an adequate substitute for the fact that we haven't addressed ourselves to clearing up the slums.

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.

It is absurd to suppose we can think of nature as a system apart from knowledge, for it is knowledge that is increasingly determining the course of nature.

There is no limitation other than what you think.

My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf.

I think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something's not pleasing you, turn it off.

I don't think that the world will ever become an unpoliced place, sadly. But I do feel that there is relative freedom on the margins.

Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists.

I think it's time to admit that our writing is guided by the technology we use as much as it is by our own subjectivity.

Art used to make me see the world differently, think about things in a new way - it rarely does that for me anymore, but technology does that for me on a daily basis.

I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time.

When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall.

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times.

I know you pretty well." "Better than anyone I think." I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that could be bought.

I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.

Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you'd rather be doing anything else: and you've just done it.

I think people need a little joy and humor as well as commitment in their lives

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.

I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.

Well, I don't think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.

When things go wrong, I just think: It's part of the journey.

The community isn't nearly as afraid as it thinks it is.

I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer.

Highway spending, which I think most everybody says is badly needed in this country, creates American jobs, and also makes America more competitive.