Thought Provoking Quotes

331 Thought Provoking quotes by 158 unique authors

Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of movie that reminds… — Jason Reitman
Words are loaded pistols. — Jean-Paul Sartre
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. — Albert Schweitzer
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. — William Shakespeare
If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close to a universal… — Peter Singer
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. — Hunter S. Thompson
You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment. — Alvin Toffler
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. — Mark Twain
What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the… — Kurt Vonnegut
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly. — Oscar Wilde
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. — Robin Williams
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder
A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity. — Germaine Greer
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot… — Albert Einstein
When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain… — Maya Angelou
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. — Albert Einstein
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. — Richard Powers
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university. — Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see… — Albert Einstein
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein
Out of clutter, find simplicity. — Albert Einstein
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. — Stephen King
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. — Albert Einstein
This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not… — Martin Luther
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian. — Joan Bauer

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