--- title: "21 Thinking Quotes By Chris Hayes" description: "21 Thinking quotes by Chris Hayes. Plus more from Chris Hayes and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/chris-hayes-2208_cruz_there-s-a-line-of-thinking-about-ted-cru_2385124.png" --- > [There's a line of thinking about Ted Cruz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/there-s-a-line-of-thinking-about-ted-cruz/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/chris-hayes-2208_cruz_there-s-a-line-of-thinking-about-ted-cru_2385124.png) > [I think I was a militant smoker, and I felt hemmed in by a wall of political correctness and I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-i-was-a-militant-smoker-and-i-felt-hemmed-in-by-a-wall-of/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/chris-hayes-2208_correctness_i-think-i-was-a-militant-smoker-and-i-fe_3145855.png) > [I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. Injustice is outrageous and deserves outrage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-people-should-be-angry-at-things-that-are-worthy-of-anger/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/chris-hayes-2208_anger_i-think-people-should-be-angry-at-things_1226971.png) > [Climate change is the biggest governing challenge we face. It's the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/climate-change-is-the-biggest-governing-challenge-we-face-it-s-the/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/chris-hayes-2208_challenge_climate-change-is-the-biggest-governing_1432266.png) > [No one's dropped a cent - there's no negative ads up against Donald Trump in Iowa which is crazy to think about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/no-one-s-dropped-a-cent-there-s-no-negative-ads-up-against-donald/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/chris-hayes-2208_ads_no-one-s-dropped-a-cent-there-s-no-negat_2023156.png) > [Once you start thinking about growth of economy, it's hard to think about anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/once-you-start-thinking-about-growth-of-economy-it-s-hard-to-think/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/chris-hayes-2208_economics_once-you-start-thinking-about-growth-of_3013830.png) > [I think it's fair to say there's some significant portion of the community that doesn't feel they can take the Charlotte police…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-it-s-fair-to-say-there-s-some-significant-portion-of-the/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/chris-hayes-2208_charlotte_i-think-it-s-fair-to-say-there-s-some-si_3201810.png) > [When you think about the current present value of the fossil fuel reserves that are on the books, the current fossil fuel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/when-you-think-about-the-current-present-value-of-the-fossil-fuel/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/chris-hayes-2208_book_when-you-think-about-the-current-present_197727.png) > [I think is interesting is that term is so pejorative or understood to be so pejorative and there's a real difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-is-interesting-is-that-term-is-so-pejorative-or-understood-to/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/chris-hayes-2208_democrat_i-think-is-interesting-is-that-term-is-s_1119299.png) > [I think a lot of Democrats I know, who will vote in the Democratic primary and vote for the Democratic nominee and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-a-lot-of-democrats-i-know-who-will-vote-in-the-democratic/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/chris-hayes-2208_back-and-forth_i-think-a-lot-of-democrats-i-know-who-wi_707515.jpg) > [I have always viewed thinking about arguing, about questioning, pushing back with, joking, about sharing and discovering the world and the news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-have-always-viewed-thinking-about-arguing-about-questioning-pushing/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/chris-hayes-2208_about_i-have-always-viewed-thinking-about-argu_2281947.png) > [ I think that's a plausible strategy. But I also think there is a case to be made that \[Hillary\] Clinton actually in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-that-s-a-plausible-strategy-but-i-also-think-there-is-a-case/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/chris-hayes-2208_cases_i-think-that-s-a-plausible-strategy-but_1372012.png) > [With all the talk of socialism among Democrats on the campaign trail lately, there are actually quite a few people on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/with-all-the-talk-of-socialism-among-democrats-on-the-campaign-trail/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/chris-hayes-2208_better-way_with-all-the-talk-of-socialism-among-dem_775805.png) > [One young man asked me a simple question that gets to the core of what we're talking about. He said, do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/one-young-man-asked-me-a-simple-question-that-gets-to-the-core-of/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/chris-hayes-2208_answers_one-young-man-asked-me-a-simple-question_2232599.png) > [I don't think polarization is some kind of grand distraction. It's real. People have different commitments, believe in different things and principles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-don-t-think-polarization-is-some-kind-of-grand-distraction-it-s/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/chris-hayes-2208_believe_i-don-t-think-polarization-is-some-kind_2933879.png) > [I've had a dozen people tell me, maybe more, 'What would have happened if Michael Brown had shot and killed Darren Wilson?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-ve-had-a-dozen-people-tell-me-maybe-more-what-would-have-happened/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/chris-hayes-2208_america_i-ve-had-a-dozen-people-tell-me-maybe-mo_1791009.jpg) > [Generally the impulse to find justice through punitive measures can be a kind of quicksand. What James Whitman, the scholar I cite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/generally-the-impulse-to-find-justice-through-punitive-measures-can/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/chris-hayes-2208_book_generally-the-impulse-to-find-justice-th_827357.jpg) > [Twilight of the Elites main thesis has been borne out far past what I could ever have imagined. The major idea was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/twilight-of-the-elites-main-thesis-has-been-borne-out-far-past-what-i/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/chris-hayes-2208_absence_twilight-of-the-elites-main-thesis-has-b_2167872.png) > [The degree to which I try to be honest that there's some Donald Trump in all of us. The seduction of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/the-degree-to-which-i-try-to-be-honest-that-there-s-some-donald-trump/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/chris-hayes-2208_being-honest_the-degree-to-which-i-try-to-be-honest-t_281012.png) > [We have different expectations for different groups of people. We tend to modulate the degree with which we're forgiving or punitive depending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/we-have-different-expectations-for-different-groups-of-people-we-tend/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/chris-hayes-2208_backwards_we-have-different-expectations-for-diffe_41157.png) > [I think politically there is less juice to be squeezed out of that orange in the Democratic side. I mean, my feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-politically-there-is-less-juice-to-be-squeezed-out-of-that/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/chris-hayes-2208_angry_i-think-politically-there-is-less-juice_3099644.png) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/stephen-king/) ## More by Chris Hayes > [There was a man named Robert Dear who in court said he was a warrior for the babies, whose ex-wife talked about his Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/there-was-a-man-named-robert-dear-who-in-court-said-he-was-a-warrior/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [ Ted Cruz who's been gaining on \[Donald\] Trump in Iowa and is polling ahead of him in the latest Monmouth poll would be quite… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/ted-cruz-who-s-been-gaining-on-donald-trump-in-iowa-and-is-polling/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [We have different expectations for different groups of people. We tend to modulate the degree with which we're forgiving or punitive depending on how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/we-have-different-expectations-for-different-groups-of-people-we-tend/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [The other theory of the case - and it's not just one that people opposed to him politically believe, but also people who share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/the-other-theory-of-the-case-and-it-s-not-just-one-that-people/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [ Now, \[Donald\] Trump has thus far gotten endorsements from illustrious group, that includes Sarah Palin, David Duke, Dennis Rodman, racially profiling birther sheriff, Joe… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/now-donald-trump-has-thus-far-gotten-endorsements-from-illustrious/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [“Let's run the experiment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/let-s-run-the-experiment/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [There is a sense in which, like, it could be the case that the incentives of running for president and the incentives of getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/there-is-a-sense-in-which-like-it-could-be-the-case-that-the/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [Donald Trump is not going anywhere. And we see as calculated as these are, he has a knack for telling a certain segment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere-and-we-see-as-calculated-as-these/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [When you think about the current present value of the fossil fuel reserves that are on the books, the current fossil fuel companies, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/when-you-think-about-the-current-present-value-of-the-fossil-fuel/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [“White fear emanates from knowing that white privilege exists and the anxiety that it might end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/white-fear-emanates-from-knowing-that-white-privilege-exists-and-the/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or selectively lower it down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/those-who-are-able-to-climb-up-the-ladder-will-find-ways-to-pull-it/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [ The \[Donald's\] Trump war on the press continues. Tonight, the national cost of a conservative media bubble, now featuring alien conspiracy theories. And about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/the-donald-s-trump-war-on-the-press-continues-tonight-the-national/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [The degree to which I try to be honest that there's some Donald Trump in all of us. The seduction of the promise of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/the-degree-to-which-i-try-to-be-honest-that-there-s-some-donald-trump/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [ If he \[Donald Trump\]can boost Mitt Romney's performance five points among white folks, he could have a shot. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/if-he-donald-trump-can-boost-mitt-romney-s-performance-five-points/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) > [It's been a long and tumultuous relationship between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz that started off more or less as allies during the Republican…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/it-s-been-a-long-and-tumultuous-relationship-between-donald-trump-and/) [Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hayes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/chris-hayes/#itemlist", "name": "21 Thinking Quotes By Chris Hayes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a line of thinking about Ted Cruz.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Hayes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/there-s-a-line-of-thinking-about-ted-cruz/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/chris-hayes-2208_cruz_there-s-a-line-of-thinking-about-ted-cru_2385124.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/chris-hayes-2208_cruz_there-s-a-line-of-thinking-about-ted-cru_2385124.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/chris-hayes-2208_cruz_there-s-a-line-of-thinking-about-ted-cru_2385124.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a line of thinking about Ted Cruz.” — Chris Hayes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think I was a militant smoker, and I felt hemmed in by a wall of political correctness and I think I purposely and militantly put the smoking scenes in the movies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Hayes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hayes/i-think-i-was-a-militant-smoker-and-i-felt-hemmed-in-by-a-wall-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/chris-hayes-2208_correctness_i-think-i-was-a-militant-smoker-and-i-fe_3145855.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/chris-hayes-2208_correctness_i-think-i-was-a-militant-smoker-and-i-fe_3145855.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/chris-hayes-2208_correctness_i-think-i-was-a-militant-smoker-and-i-fe_3145855.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think I was a militant smoker, and I felt hemmed in by a wall of political correctness and I think I…” — Chris Hayes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. 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