Quotes about thinking
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“I snuck a look to see how Eric was taking this, and he was staring at me the same way the Monroe vampires had. Thoughtful. Hungry.
"That's interesting," he said. "I had a psychic once. It was incredible."
"Did the psychic think so?”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

Source: Dead Until Dark

Way

“After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'"
-Dodge(obviously)”

Frank Beddor Seeing Redd

Source: Seeing Redd

Silence

“The television is 'real'. It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be right. It seems so right. It rushes you on so quickly to its own conclusions your mind hasn't time to protest, 'What nonsense!'.”

Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

Time

“We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.”

Michael Crichton Prey

Source: Prey

“You're a stubborn, ill-trained horse." she said
The horse snorted and walked towards the North Road of his own volition.
"Hey!" Karigan pulled back on the reins. "Whoa. Who do you think is in charge here?”

Kristen Britain Green Rider series

Source: Green Rider

Horse, Training

“Actually, I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavoir”

Carrie Fisher book Postcards from the Edge

Source: Postcards from the Edge

“Men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women, it's the other way around”

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

Source: Shantaram

Women, Men, Way, Feeling

“Lust," she said. "Lust is a deadly sin."
"And spanking."
"I think that falls under lust."
"I think it should have its own category." said Jace”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called spilling? Just something to think about.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

“Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.”

Daniel Keyes book Flowers for Algernon

Source: Flowers for Algernon

God, Books, Music

“To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.”

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

Reading

“I often think how unfairly life's good fortune is sometimes distributed.”

Leo Tolstoy book War and Peace

Source: War and Peace

Life

“Were you thinking about eating me?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“What made you fall in love with a prostitute?”
“I didn’t understand it myself at the time. But I’ve thought about it since, and I think it was because, knowing that your body would never be mine alone, I had to concentrate on conquering your soul.”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

Source: Eleven Minutes

Love, Soul, Understanding, Time

“Sometimes," he sighed, "I think the things I remember are more real than the things I see.”

Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha

Source: Memoirs of a Geisha

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

Love, Law

“No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake, and they don't Think.”

A.A. Milne book The House at Pooh Corner

Source: The House at Pooh Corner

People

“I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it.”

John Stuart Mill book Considerations on Representative Government

In a Parliamentary debate with the Conservative MP, John Pakington (May 31, 1866). Hansard, vol 183, col 1592. Pakington was referring to Footnote 3 to Chapter 7 of Mill's "Considerations on Representative Government".
Misquoted as "I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it." in "Life of John Stuart Mill" (1889) by W. L. Courtney, p. 147.
This seems to have become paraphrased as "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." which was a variant published in Quotations for Our Time (1978), edited by Laurence J. Peter.

Stupidity, Question, Personality

“I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as I think of them.”

Jon McGregor book If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

Way, Daughters

“A friend once said, and I found to be true, That everyday people, they lie to God too, So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.”

Lauryn Hill (1975) American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actress

God, People, Lie

“Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol.”

Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle

Source: Howl's Moving Castle

“Aunt Libby: "I think I'm getting married! I've been dying to tell you."
Raven: "You are? Congrats! Dad didn't mention…"
Aunt Libby: "Well, okay, it's not official or anything. In fact, we haven't officially gone out yet. I just met him last night.”

Ellen Schreiber (1967) American writer

Source: The Coffin Club

Night

“I've always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank underground cell." (Jace)”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?”

L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

People

“Dreams should make you think, ‘If I had the guts to do it and I didn’t care what anybody thought, this I what I’d really do’.”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

Source: The Time of My Life

Dreams

“Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick.”

Raymond Carver (1938–1988) American short story author and poet

Source: Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

“I think of you as a friend. I used to think "friend" was just another word… Nothing more, nothing less. But when I met you, I realized what was important was the word's meaning.”

Masashi Kishimoto book Naruto

Source: Naruto, Band 11

“What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work.”

Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer

Source: The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in

“I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.”

Margaret Mitchell book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)

Source: Gone with the Wind

“You don't have to agree with me, but I think the heart of who we are stays pretty much the same," Hope said, "What changes is how those core traits manifest themselves over time.”

Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist

Source: Fourth Comings

Hope, Change, Time, Heart

“I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's.”

Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…

Source: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

Life, Star, Support, Parent

“Sounis had been thinking of Ambiades. "He would have been a better man under different circumstances."
Gen looked at him. "True enough," he said. "But does a good man let his circumstances determine his character?”

Megan Whalen Turner book A Conspiracy of Kings

Source: A Conspiracy of Kings

“No,” said Jace. “I think I’m better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Variant: I think I’m better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence.
Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Now you’re thinking like me. A little eye-gouging, some slit nostrils…I could seriously get into that. (Acheron)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Acheron

“Writing is thinking and thinking is hard work.”

Lewis Black (1948) American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor

“… I was just… thinking."
"That must have been quite an experience for you.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

Source: Beastly

“I don't like the word 'alcoholic'. I like to think of myself as an advanced drinker.”

Chelsea Handler (1975) American comedian, actress, author and talk show host

Source: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

Alcohol

“I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.”

Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer

Happiness, People, Beauty, Happy

“I think of how the person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.”

Douglas Coupland book Shampoo Planet

Source: Shampoo Planet

Personality

“I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.”

Jim Butcher book Death Masks

Source: Death Masks

Fools, Knowledge, Universe, Time

“Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception.”

Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“if you get married they think you're
finished
and if you are without a woman they think you're
incomplete.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“I think that's what people most always do with the stuff they can't make out - just forget it.”

Stephen King book The Green Mile

Source: The Green Mile

People, Forgetting

“Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was appalling, it was disgusting, it was stupid.”

Charles Bukowski book Pulp

Source: Pulp

Stupidity, Time

“Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, 'No thank you' to desert that night. And for what?!”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

Women, Night

“We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Acheron

“Things are as bad as you fear they are. People are as bad as you think they are. The Universe does not care.”

Charlie Huston Sleepless

Source: Sleepless

People, Fear, Universe

“A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.”

Robert Jordan The Shadow Rising

Source: The Shadow Rising

Help

“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.”

Nicholas Sparks book At First Sight

Source: At First Sight

“We aren’t the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on”

Gabrielle Zevin (1977) American writer

Source: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Love, People, Reading

“A piece of heaven?" I managed to ask.
He slowly shook his head. "No. The other place. The one I'm going to burn in for thinking what I'm thinking.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

“That chain of relationships made me think of how connections are made--you read a book, you meet a person, you have a single experience, and your life is changed in some way. No act, therefore, however small, should be dismissed or ignored.”

Howard Zinn (1922–2010) author and historian

Source: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

Life, Books, Way, Change

“Descartes spent far too much time in bed subject to the persistent hallucination that he was thinking. You are not free from a similar disorder.”

Flann O'Brien book The Dalkey Archive

"The Dalkey archive" (1964)
Source: The Dalkey Archive

Time

“If you think about something for long enough,' she explained, `more than likely, that thing will happen.' She tapped her head. `It's all in the mind.”

Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

“I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

Way, Learning, Hurt

“I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Mine Till Midnight

“I think part of me was born loving you.”

Shiloh Walker (1950) American writer

Love, Parting

“I do not know what I think until I write it.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“when I think about sex, you know, I want it to feel good. Not feel good, shut up, but right. Happy, not just banging away somewhere. You know, you should not just do it to do it. You should love the guy.”

Daniel Handler book Why We Broke Up

Source: Why We Broke Up

Love, Happiness, Sex, Guy

“Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs.
I wonder how they feel tonight.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

People, Books, Feeling, Reading

“Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one.”

Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

Family, Time

“I don't think she doesn't believe she can die. I think, just like you always did, she believes there are things worth dying for.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“I am, therefore I'll think”

Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged

Variant: I think, therefore I'll think.
Source: Atlas Shrugged

“Funny, how just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

Life

“Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one.”

Deanna Raybourn (1968) American writer

Source: Silent on the Moor

Life

“I think, therefore I am' is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.”

Milan Kundera book Immortality

Source: Immortality

“I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know,
is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic
person has a desperate confidence that they won't.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald book This Side of Paradise

Source: This Side of Paradise

Confidence, Idea, Personality

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.”

Haruki Murakami book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Pain, Reality, Suffering, Parting

“A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.”

Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist

Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (1963), no. 3
Variant: A thinking woman sleeps with monsters
that beak which grips her, she becomes.

Sleep

“If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining”

Max Brooks book The Zombie Survival Guide

Source: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

“I think you'll have to marry me, Miss Fielding."

"To save your reputation?"

Derek grinned, bending to kiss the flash of pale throat revealed by the robe. "Someone has to make a respectable man of me.”

Lisa Kleypas book Dreaming of You

Source: Dreaming of You

Kiss

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.”

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer

Wisdom, Music

“The mistake is in thinking there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.”

David Levithan The Lover's Dictionary

Variant: The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.
Source: The Lover's Dictionary

“We think a flower on a cliff is beautiful
Because we stop our feet at the cliff's edge
Unable to step out into the sky
Like that fearless flower
--Sosuke Aizen, Flower on the Precipice”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Beauty, Flowers

“George smiles to himself, with entire self-satisfaction. Yes, I am crazy, he thinks. That is my secret; my strength.”

Christopher Isherwood book A Single Man

Source: A Single Man

Secret, Smile

“I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Attributed in The Encarta Book of Quotations http://books.google.com/books?id=Af84fBmzmVYC&pg=PA305&dq=Belgenland to an interview on the Belgenland (December 1930), which was the ship on which he arrived in New York that month. According to The Ultimate Quotable Einstein by Alice Calaprice (2010), p. 18 http://books.google.com/books?id=G_iziBAPXtEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q&f=false, the quote also appears as "Aphorism, 1945-1946" in the Einstein Archives 36-570. Calaprice speculates that "perhaps it was recalled later and inserted into the archives under the later date." According to a snippet on Google Books, the phrase '"I never think of the future," he said. "It comes soon enough."' appears in The Literary Digest: Volume 107 on p. 29, in an article titled "We May Not 'Get' Relativity, But We Like Einstein" from 27 December 1930 http://books.google.com/books?id=T0A_AAAAMAAJ&q=%22we+like+einstein%22#search_anchor. The snippet http://books.google.com/books?id=T0A_AAAAMAAJ&q=belgenland+%22I+never+think+of+the+future%22+%22it+comes+soon+enough%22#search_anchor also discusses the "welcome to Professor Einstein on the Belgenland" in New York <br class="br">1930s

Future

“I think we are just insects, we live a bit and then die and that’s the lot. There’s no mercy in things. There’s not even a Great Beyond. There’s nothing.”

John Fowles book The Collector

Source: The Collector