“The difference between a thinker and a newspaperman is that a thinker enters right into things, a newspaperman is superficial.”

— Gertrude Stein

What Are Masterpieces and Why Are There So Few of Them (1936), Afterword of a later edition

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American art collector and experimental writer of novels, p… 1874–1946

Roger Kahn (1927–2020) American baseball writer

Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 2, Ceremonies of Innocence, p. 175

“All things are at odds when God lets a thinker loose on this planet.”

Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) American teacher and writer

Source: The Greek Way (1930), Ch. 1

“The human rights activity is not the ordinary but the canonical duty of thinkers and artists and they should take it into their consideration.”

Taraneh Javanbakht (1974) Iranian scientist, faculty, poet, translator, playwright and writer

Source: Gooyanews website, 2014 http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2014/08/184645.php

“Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong Self-Examiner.”

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713) English politician and Earl

Vol. 1, p. 92; "Soliloquy: or Advice to an Author".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)

“An annoying thing about depression is that thinking about life is inevitable. Depression makes thinkers out of all of us.”

Matt Haig book Reasons to Stay Alive

Source: Reasons to Stay Alive

“When I was in the Soviet Union recently I was being interviewed by a newspaperman and he said, "Which dancers influenced you the most?" and I said, "Oh, well, Fred Astaire." He looked very surprised and shocked and I said, "What's the matter?" He said, "Well, Mr. Balanchine just said the same thing."”

Fred Astaire (1899–1987) American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter

Jerome Robbins in Heeley, David, producer and director. Fred Astaire: Puttin' on his Top Hat and Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance (two television programs written by John L. Miller), PBS, March 1980. (M).