Thinking Quotes · Page 795

Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are imaginary.

— Paul Lockhart

That's like asking you to pick your favorite child... I do however, think Bird on a Wire was one of my finest…

— Mel Gibson

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

— John Locke

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water…

— Nate Ruess

I really like defensive players. I've never played defense so I often wonder how they think.

— Priest Holmes

By working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.

— Richard Branson

I got a dog-training book. It says Grendel needs mental stimulation, so I tried to train him, but I think he must…

— Ilona Andrews

I think that life expectancy over the last 10 years has increased dramatically. You're living longer.

— Ken Moelis

We want to raise the children the parents aren't raising. I think we want to press individuality on people, though that doesn't…

— Twiggy

When you find yourself thinking about someone or something in the same old negative way, just stop yourself. Think. Check. Change. Refresh.…

— Bear Grylls

I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere…

— George H. W. Bush

I think about never letting anybody get the ball in my zone, about being tough. If the ball is taken away from…

— Shannon Higgins-Cirovski

Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before…

— Jodi Picoult

Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering…

— Kim Du-han

Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as…

— Lauren Oliver

Don't take life so seriously. Have fun. Enjoy your time on this planet. Try new things, go on adventures, and appreciate every…

— Haley Pullos

I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good…

— Alexander Payne

There was this one model in French Elle. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be her. She was brunette…

— Rae Earl

It's a barrel of laughs, isn't it? It makes The Day After look like friggin'...insert name of cheerful thing here. It was…

— Charlie Brooker

I've never been much of a craftsman, in an educated way. But I think just the experience of writing makes the avenues…

— Dave Matthews

I don't have to support Bibi, his government or any other conservative organization in order to come and play music in Israel,…

— Anton Newcombe

I do like the old versions of our songs - there are good things in them, but I think that the good…

— Jonathan Meiburg

Your thoughts about your circumstances have you down. On the other hand, you can be in one of the biggest battles of…

— Joel Osteen

One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The young players are only thinking about what they can win and that can sometimes be an advantage for you.

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

— John Ralston Saul

I think being a producer makes you a problem solver, so you kind of go, "Well there's a problem. What do we…

— Laura Ziskin

Women, girls and young ladies tend to be as good or better at math than boys, but you didn't think that either.

— Sallie Krawcheck

When you don't behave the way liberals think you should, their effort and their intention to control you compounds.

— Rush Limbaugh

You might get some serial killers who are born with a chip missing, but for the most part I don't think anyone…

— Benicio Del Toro

I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.

— Yao Ming

Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.

— Brigitte Bardot

Life becomes the way it is lived; and man may live the way he wants to live when he learns to think…

— Christian D. Larson

I don't know, you go through what you go through. You handle adversity, and I think it made me hungrier.

— Rajon Rondo

I still think you people need to be curious [in order to absorb the culture]. You need to search Uzbekistani pop music.

— Ayshay

When I retweet a troll, I'm not thinking of the troll, I'm thinking of the audience: how can I make them laugh…

— David Baddiel

If the culture is so all pervasive that you can’t think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?

— Monica Ali

I'm not planning what I listen to, except when I think the music can guide me to some emotional place I want…

— Jonathan Lethem

In painting you cover up your sins and everyone thinks you're naturally talented.

— Robert Genn

I don't know who came up with this push present idea, but I think it's probably a female.

— Josh Duhamel