Thinking Quotes · Page 1,366

I think one of the good things about writing novels is that you always start from scratch.

— Maria Semple

I don't think there's anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company.

— Leonard Lauder

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

— Ray Dalio

I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.

— Pierre Trudeau

If youre thinking about what is, you have less room to think about what isnt.

— Senoraroy

Creativity, my students learn, is as natural a function of the mind as breathing or digestion are natural functions of the body.

— John Kao

When I'm acting, that's all I'm doing. When I'm not acting, I'm not thinking about acting. If I'm writing, I'm just writing.

— Hill Harper

I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.

— Michel Houellebecq

I think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at…

— Biz Stone

I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley…

— Mara Wilson

At first it seems obvious, but the more you think about it the stranger the deductions from this axiom seem to become;…

— Bertrand Russell

We need music the most when we’re feeling things really intensely. I think the most intense times in your life are when…

— Taylor Swift

All I could think about was him, and how much I wanted this, and how incredibly lucky I was to get it,…

— Kelley Armstrong

Many men think they're playboys, but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends, and paid escorts…

— Graydon Carter

I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can,…

— Dwayne McDuffie

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly…

— Sam Mendes

I remember thinking when I was younger - we used to take holidays to Spain and France, and I just thought I…

— William Moseley

Phone companies recognize that the pipes are not enough anymore. You need something to go through the pipes. You need content. I…

— Maria Bartiromo

We humans think we are smart, but an orchid, for example, knows how to produce noble, symmetrical flowers, and a snail knows…

— Nhat Hanh

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor. You have to be able to…

— Stephen Colbert

I think we go well together. I like being with you because I'm never bored. Even when we're not talking, even when…

— Anna Gavalda

You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly…

— Barack Obama

I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about…

— Aasif Mandvi

Look to the present. The great disease of 'I will be happy when ...' is sweeping the world. You know the symptoms.…

— Marshall Goldsmith

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I don't want to think that I am going to believe that I am a hell of a genius, or anything like…

— Domenico Gnoli

I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter…

— L.A. Reid

Be the best Guardian you can be. Save lots of people. And every time you save someone, think of me.” -Maddy

— Anonymous

I think there's this great disconnect between youth culture and politics, which is a product of how our capitalist system works.

— Amandla Stenberg

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

— Oscar Robertson

A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it…

— William Safire

At certain crucial moments - an emergency or an opportunity - one must act first and think later.

— Edmund White

I think we should all be servants. To be really great in God's eyes is to be least among each other and…

— Larry Norman

I think young children in the Western middle classes are objects of incredible anxiety.

— Anne Enright

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as…

— Barbara Kruger

I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.

— Alexander Payne

Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick.

— Raymond Carver

I think we're all in Cime's army now. But never mind, the Storm God hasn't forgotten us. Heaven is no farther away…

— Janet Morris

Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.

— Bob Goff

I would love to put out music that was just stunning or soul-baring or whatever. But I don't think I have the…

— Wes Borland