Banquets Quote by Quintilian

“People’s thoughts tend to trail behind them, a stream of consciousness flowing like a river. Or a drippy faucet. It depends on the person.”

— Kate Karyus Quinn

“When, however, it is proposed to imbue the mind of a crowd with ideas and beliefs—with modern social theories, for instance—the leaders have recourse…

— Gustave Le Bon

“Thinking carefully is something that happens to other people”

— Jodi Taylor

There is at this present juncture, a certain fermentation of mind, a certain activity of speculation and enterprise which if properly directed may be…

— Alexander Hamilton

Thought is a means of concealing Truth.

— Alan Watts

“As an analogy, imagine you’re driving a bus, while all the passengers (thoughts) are noisily chattering, being critical, or shouting out directions. You can…

— Matt Lewis

The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of action.

— John Dryden

“I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have little involvement…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

You may derive thoughts from others; your way of thinking, the mould in which your thoughts are cast, must be your own.

— Charles Lamb

Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train. There is an…

— Alain de Botton

“A constant flow of thoughts expressed by other people can stop and deaden your own thought and your own initiative…. That is why constant…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Thought is action in rehearsal.

— Anonymous