Thinking Quotes · Page 726

There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.

— Alison Lurie

I don't think the world is particularly responsive to - our world, the culture we are in, to art right now.

— Frederick Busch

Jon Stewart hires people that he thinks are funny. That's it. That's the only requirement.

— Olivia Munn

The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?

— Winona Ryder

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.

— Anonymous

I'm really happy to have set the world record for the fastest disabled woman, but I think I can go much faster.

— Heather Mills

A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The only thing is, the more I see him and Corr together, the more I think of how unbearable it would be…

— Maggie Stiefvater

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

The events in America now have the quality of things you would find out about long after the fact, and think: if…

— Dan Chiasson

My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are…

— Alissa Nutting

Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure. I always seem to be wrapped in the melodrama of vulgarity. I do…

— Willem de Kooning

I think carrying your gut, or your instincts, through all the learning, is one of the most important things. You learn to…

— Paul Dano

This is a really good circus. It has lions, tigers, dogs, monkeys and about any other animal act you can think of.…

— Howard Thompson

For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really…

— Rob Bell

There is an element - particularly on social media - where I want to encourage positivity and kindness rather than negativity and…

— Danielle Panabaker

The Democrats would want to keep the taxes. And Republicans want to do away with taxes that are driving up the costs…

— John Thune

The Navajo, for example, regard their traditional lands as within the four sacred peaks. One of those sacred peaks is the San…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York -…

— Fran Lebowitz

I think that competition will exist even if we discover more oil. We're never going to know how much we have, or…

— Thomas Friedman

William Faulkner was the master of what one must do to be serious. But I don't understand why people haven't moved forward…

— Douglas A. Martin

Well if I had my choice I would not - I wouldn't mind working with Alec Baldwin, but the mother role -…

— Elaine Stritch

Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls,…

— Robert Wuthnow

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

— Helen Keller

I think that I'm very passionate, and I know that if I decide to do a film, my character is going to…

— Noomi Rapace

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish

— Darrell Royal

I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

— Edie Campbell

I don't think a celebrity endorsement gets you a vote, but it opens the door for you to hear the appeal of…

— Susan Page

Every culture to me - be it Asian, African, be it whatever - is a source of reference. I don't think I'm…

— Guido Palau

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in…

— Hilary Duff

I paint a mountain - I think of its age - the strata formations or what grows on the mountain.

— Douglas Lockwood

When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile.

— Mark Hamill

I just happen to think people are better off doing something they actually like.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I don't think I'll ever be a real boat reporter. My Rolex isn't big enough.

— P. J. O'Rourke

If you think a caregiver has an active substance abuse problem, that person should never be entrusted with your child.

— Emily Yoffe

People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.

— Joanna Newsom

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

— John Hurt

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.

— Brian Eno

I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.

— Billie Joe Armstrong