Thinking Quotes · Page 525

The law is not an end in itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we…

— William J. Brennan

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

— Carl Sagan

I don't think I'm tough in a so called tough way. I'm tough on myself.

— Barbra Streisand

We only think about the difficult people and the horrible things that happen. That's what gets all the media attention.

— Tenzin Palmo

I think with all of us, sometimes we're afraid to recognize that we're here.

— Andy Kim

I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.

— Condola Rashad

Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don't think we live philosophy anymore. It's done.

— Agnes Denes

If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

— Nikola Tesla

In psychology (okay, Twilight) they teach you about the notion of imprinting, and I think it applies here. I reverse-imprinted with athleticism.…

— Mindy Kaling

Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way…

— Edna Lewis

I'm a massive Steven Seagal fan. I know his movies are horrible, but I've watched all of them over and over again.…

— Judah Friedlander

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the…

— Little Richard

I have these thoughts. I think "What if the show doesn't sell well? What if it's a half-empty room?" These are the…

— Ladyhawke

At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic…

— Laurie Anderson

The Zionist Tulsa Jew who's pugnacious is a reality. I grew up around it. And I think it's really, really funny and…

— Edward Norton

I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years…

— Carlos Ghosn

If you don't get a laugh I immediately think it's somebody else's fault. You can always blame the material. But when it's…

— Jason Graae

Never mind what the 'people' think of you! They may overestimate or underestimate you! Until they discover your real worth, your success…

— William J. H. Boetcker

You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even…

— O. Henry

They've been screaming about the death of literacy for years, but I think TV is the Gutenberg [printing] press. I think TV…

— Sherman Alexie

I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted…

— Steve Jobs

I think change is happening in ways we can't anticipate yet because the whole generation of viewers who are viewing films -…

— Simon Kinberg

Writers are much better behaved nowadays, for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time nobody was thinking of a career, unless…

— Margaret Atwood

I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but…

— Michael Ignatieff

Instead of thinking about all that has gone wrong, think about all that has gone right that could have gone wrong

— Nishan Panwar

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

— Bill Bruford

You look at these kids...thousands and thousands of kids...and you stop and think, how can you not care?

— Curtis R. Welling

“After all, just because you’re at the office is no reason to stop thinking.”

— Anonymous

Just because I was married to Aly Khan, people think I'm rich. Well, I'm not. I never got a dime from Aly…

— Rita Hayworth

They talk about their Pilgrim blood, their birthright high and holy! a mountain-stream that ends in mud thinks is melancholy.

— James Russell Lowell

So I think (Obama) definitely has convinced people that he stands for change and for hope, and I can't wait to see…

— Susan Sarandon

If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design.

— Ralf Speth

Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it'd be quite hard to live with -…

— Mark Webber

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt…

— Jim DeMint

I think that in a lot of readers' minds the essay is a lot more utilitarian than it is art.

— John D'Agata

When you carry yesterday's thinking into today, you program tomorrow to be like yesterday.

— Marianne Williamson

I think I'm probably an assassin and not a Templar, but no doubt we're probably run by people with Templar mentalities.

— Jeremy Irons

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

— Jonathan Ames

I would say sleep can always be emphasized - I didn't do it enough in my 20s, because you don't think you…

— Jennifer Aniston

Football fandom is this, it's magical thinking, it's hope over experience.

— David Baddiel