Thinkers Quotes

239 Thinkers quotes by 192 unique authors

Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. Fettered words are terrible words. The writer doubles and trebles the power of his writing when… — Victor Hugo
The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth. — Agnes Repplier
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere. — Sophocles
God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with… — Lucy Larcom
Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy,… — Natan Sharansky
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths. — Criss Jami
There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open to humankind are… — Albert Einstein
If the history of resistance to Darwinian thinking is a good measure, we can expect that long into the future, long after every triumph of… — Daniel Dennett
George Harrison was known as the quiet Beatle. Quiet people are often quiet because they are deep thinkers. — Ray Comfort
Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or… — Stanley Crouch
I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a… — James Daly
Events and developments, such as ... the Copernican Revolution, ... occurred only because some thinkers either decided not to be bound by certain "obvious" methodological… — Paul Feyerabend
Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon… — John Maeda
People who are unable to use their hands skillfully for all kinds of work, will not become good thinkers and will behave awkwardly in life.… — Rudolf Steiner
First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers. — Henry Thomas Buckle
Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a lot of energy… — Robert Reich
We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others. The latter are the rule and the former the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion must be in the right. This is a delusion; if… — Bertrand Russell
Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery... a topic that often leaves even the most sophisticated thinkers tongue-tied and confused. And, as with… — Daniel Dennett
The judges of England have rarely been original thinkers or great jurists. Many have been craftsmen rather than creators. — Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin
It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls. — Max Planck
This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Positive Thinkers get positive results because they appreciate the inestimable value of a day, this day, not the next day, but this day, and every… — Norman Vincent Peale
Through books you can start today where the great thinkers of yesterday left off, because books have immortalized man's knowledge. Thinkers, dead a thousand years,… — Wilferd Peterson

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