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Thinking Quotes by John Steinbeck
- I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the story…
- If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it-bypass it and go on. When you have…
- Oh, we can populate the dark with horrors, even we who think ourselves informed and sure, believing nothing we cannot measure or weigh. I know…
- I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen. It's scary to think about. Point of reference again. When two…
- I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
- I think of my life as a kind of music, not always good music but still having form and melody.
- I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a…
- 'I know,' said Winter, 'but they don't know.' And he went on with a thought he had been having. 'A time-minded people,' he said, 'and…
- The utter insanity of living in a place like this doesn't occur to the 9,000,000 people who inhabit New York. Except for visits I think…
- ... every little boy thinks he invented sin.
- I have starved and it isn't nearly as bad as is generally supposed. Four days and a half was my longest stretch. Maybe there are…
- A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
- I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
- These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them…
- After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed.…
- When a child first catches adults out -- when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not always have divine intelligence,…
- I think bullfights are for men who aren't very brave and wish they were. If you saw one you'll know what I mean. Remember after…
- But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral…
- When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up…
- All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.
More Thinking Quotes
- 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