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Thinking Quotes by David Sedaris
- I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any…
- I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself.…
- When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people…
- It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I realize…
- I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have…
- I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you.
- Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them…
- This left me alone to solve the coffee problem - a sort of catch-22, as in order to think straight I need caffeine, and in…
- I'd tried to straighten him out, but there's only so much you can do for a person who thinks Auschwitz is a brand of beer.
- The trouble with aggressive nonsmokers is that they feel they are doing you a favor by not allowing you to smoke. They seem to think…
- Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at." When asked for some examples, he listed…
- The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and…
- Watching him was like opening the door to a siniging telegram; you know it's supposed to be entertaining, but you can't get beyond the sad…
- When her muzzle grew more white than brown, the chipmunk forgot that she and the squirrel had had nothing to talk about. She forgot the…
- I’d always been afraid of sick people, and so had my mother. It wasn’t that we feared catching their brain aneurysm or accidentally ripping out…
- She said, “I’m going to have you fired.” I had two people say that to me today, “I’m going to have you fired.” Go ahead,…
- I recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call me naïve, but I seemed to have underestimated the universal desire…
More Thinking Quotes
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- 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