Thinking Quotes · Page 626

I think that fiction has a part to play in urging us, as a species, toward compassion,

— George Saunders

People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie.…

— John Patrick Shanley

I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.

— Richard Branson

I think that if more people saw more things, they wouldn't be able to really help themselves.

— Angelina Jolie

I remember the first time I fell in love. That rush is just overwhelming and you don't think there's ever going to…

— Chris Lowell

That brings us to iPad. We think the iPad is the poster-child of the post-PC world.

— Tim Cook

You will never learn what I am thinking. And those who boast most loudly that they know my thought, to such people…

— Adolf Hitler

I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things…

— Steven Spielberg

Donald Trump was, you know, obviously a very important businessman, billionaire, he was a reality show star and I think that he…

— Joy-Ann Reid

If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the…

— John Dryden

The film [Kite Runner] was not as big a hit in the United States as it was worldwide, I think it may…

— Khaled Hosseini

All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's…

— Suzanne Collins

Hurt is a part of life. To be honest, I think hurt is a part of happiness, that our definition of happiness…

— Julian Gough

Films are hard to make and I think the word indulge really leads one to believe that it's an easy sort of…

— Ken Russell

I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And…

— Dick Van Dyke

Not to be too doctrinaire, but we live in the patriarchy! And therefore anything explicitly associated with the female gender, including motherhood,…

— Maggie Nelson

I think when a society has such a profoundly dark and awful evil such as slavery in its history, then it leaves…

— Ani DiFranco

We can all instinctively understand the idea of life insurance; most of us will feel an instinctive repugnance at the thought of…

— John Lanchester

Unfortunately, from my days as national coach were going backwards in terms of we dont see it as an investment, we see…

— Angelos Postecoglou

Bringing people together is what i call 'ubuntu,' which means 'I am because we are.' Far too often people think of themselves…

— Desmond Tutu

“Pardon me also, and deal mercifully with me, as often as I think of anything besides You in prayer. For I confess…

— Thomas à Kempis

When I was single and on Tinder, that was a good little "Hey, did you ever see this movie?" thing. I would…

— Lindsey Haun

Any negative review you write, they'll say, "Oh, you're being so mean." I think the problem with a lot of criticism is…

— Jerry Saltz

My best asset to my game is my IQ. I play the game thinking the game first.

— Malcolm Brogdon

I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.

— James Sinegal

That is how I think of peace and peace of mind-as timid birds that we have to search for, not bold ones…

— Margarita Engle

I think people need to remember what the situation was when President [Barack] Obama came into office.

— Hillary Clinton

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

— John le Carre

The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.

— Agnes Repplier

Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?'

— Andrew Davies

I think that in an increasingly virtual world, lovingly produced artefacts are at a premium.

— Alan Moore

What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at."

— Theaster Gates

I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce.

— Helen Fisher

Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you.

— Tony Bennett

These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.

— George Foreman

A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy.

— Galen Rowell

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I feel like maybe I'm going to be in with the robots because they'll see the show [Westworld] and think I'm one…

— Evan Rachel Wood

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and…

— Jacob Lew