Thinks Quotes

2927 quotes by 2063 authors

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections. — Abraham Lincoln
A man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire. — Isaac D'Israeli
A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person. — William Hazlitt
The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak… — Samuel Johnson
An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,-- This art of writing billet-doux-- In buds, and odors, and bright hues! In saying all… — Leigh Hunt
President Bush and Bill Clinton both agree that cloning is morally wrong. Clinton said that he thinks humans should be made the old-fashioned way -… — Jay Leno
Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
He who saddens at thought of idleness cannot be idle, / And he's awake who thinks himself asleep. — John Keats
Color... thinks by itself, independently of the object it clothes. — Charles Baudelaire
I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at things with the… — Vincent Van Gogh
We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image. — Carly Simon
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John… — Claude Monet
When a man in a forest thinks he is going forward in a straight line, in reality he is going in a circle, I did… — Samuel Beckett
In meditative prayer, one thinks and speaks not only with the mind and lips, but in a certain sense with one's whole being... All good… — Thomas Merton
The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far-… — Joseph Joubert
The tragedy is that everyone thinks they already have goals. But what they really have are hopes and wishes. — Brian Tracy
Every man wants to connect his life with something he thinks eternal. — Andrew Mellon
When one is anxious only to live, he easily, in this solicitude, forgets the enjoyment of life. If his only concern is for life, and… — Max Stirner
He's lived a fiction. And, of course, he thinks that if you love someone enough, they will love you. And that if you steer things… — Julian Fellowes

Who Wrote These Thinks Quotes

2,063 authors contributed a total of 2,927 Thinks Quotes, led by these top contributors: