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- To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict…
- People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one…
- I think, therefore I'll think.
- Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man…
- I do not think that tragedy is our natural fate and I do not live in chronic dread of disaster. It is no happiness, but…
- But I don't think of you. - Howard Roark
- Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
- Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them. You're here. It's…
- So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a…
- I think. I am. I will.
- every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which…
- There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of knowledge--Purpose, as his…
- That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or…
- Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is…
- Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
- There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think.
- Any work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.
- Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time…
- And what, incidentally, do you think integrity is? The ability not to pick a watch out of your neighbor's pocket? No, it's not as easy…
- Because I never have any definite destination. This ship is not for going to places, but for getting away from them. When I stop at…
- The three of them set out every morning on adventures of their own kind. Once, an elderly professor of literature, Mrs. Taggart's friend, saw them…
- I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours…
- It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake…
- You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.
- Because, you see, God—whatever anyone chooses to call God—is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own…
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- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I don't think I have a signature. — J. J. Abrams
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams