Thinking Quotes · Page 526

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

— Jessye Norman

Let us, then, be what we are; speak what we think; and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You know what I think my best quality is? I think I'm nice to have around. I'd hate it if I weren't…

— Charles M. Schulz

It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

— Mordicai Gerstein

I don't think that the economy can absorb a massive flow of immigration that does not relate to the issue of persecution.

— Janet Reno

Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand." -[On the success…

— Anonymous

When I shop for fruit & melons I like to hold a grape next to a cantaloupe & think of Earth next…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.

— A. S. Byatt

And as a stand-up comic, that's the one thing I'm a little uncomfortable with. I'm not uncomfortable with sincerity in my regular…

— Moshe Kasher

There's a big shift in our whole way of living, and it started maybe 10 years ago when [smartphones] came into existence.…

— Tommy Chong

I think that's just one type of leadership, which is the type I have: the need to find a new way and…

— Harry West

I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a…

— Ian Rankin

I'm so hard on myself that when I'm in the studio, I'll write 10 songs and only use one. So those nine…

— Jessie J

I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the…

— Margaret Mahy

I think the audience is truly all ages: I don't put anything in there that kids can't see, or shouldn't see, but…

— Jeff Smith

I think that it's really nice to learn that makeup is different for every person. Everyone has a different feature on their…

— Lauren Conrad

There are people accusing me that I'm sick, that I'm a danger to morals, western civilization and basically everything under the sun.…

— Marilyn Manson

In an old model, the way a film would imprint itself on the public's consciousness is to get a theatrical run. But…

— Thom Powers

And I start to say, no. Start to ask him to please just take it off and put it away. Start to…

— Alyson Noel

I think the Thompsons had got a sort of fatal illness about three albums ago and it just took this long to…

— Tom Bailey

Those are all real things that I experienced, not with [my daughters] growing up but with the, you know - I'm trying…

— Billy Crystal

The intellectual content of religions has always finally adapted itself to scientific and social conditions after they have become clear… For this…

— John Dewey

I think it's better to be too early and disturb a few people - but have other people say it was necessary…

— Uwe Boll

Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections…

— Amy Chua

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n'…

— Steve Winwood

I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

— Eric Roth

I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning…

— John F. Kerry

We think of death and loss as tragic twins, but in fact it is loss that hurts us.

— Perry Brass

Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not capable of hurting you.

— Ron Livingston

I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.

— Freddie Hubbard

Don't you think people often say other people are tough when they do not know how to cheat them?

— Lillian Hellman

Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.

— Paul Cezanne

I think that what is true is that the Russians intended to meddle, and they meddled. And it could be another country…

— Barack Obama

I think what's important and extraordinarily practical about Buddhism, is that it offers very concrete methods for people to work with.

— Pankaj Mishra

I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.

— J. G. Ballard

A man who overindulges lives in a dream. He becomes conceited. He thinks the whole world revolves around him; and it usually…

— W. C. Fields

A man crawls into a tomb to die. A boy crawls in to live. You think that's chance?

— Michelle Paver

I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see…

— Thornton Wilder

I don't think people should try to force their will on their family.

— Ice Cube

Thinking is different from perceiving and is held to be in part imagination, in part judgment

— Aristotle