
“One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
"Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World" in Modern Mechanics and Inventions (July 1934)
Context: The scientists from Franklin to Morse were clear thinkers and did not produce erroneous theories. The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
“One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
“The ability to write reflects on one’s capacity to think clearly.”
Facebook post, https://www.facebook.com/GovernorMigunaMiguna/posts/562705787252139, 2016
2016
“Anyone who can think clearly can write clearly. But neither is easy.”
The Business of Life (1949)
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
p. 133 https://books.google.com/books/about/More_and_Different.html?id=tU9yOac455kC&pg=PA133
More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon (2011)
“You can think clearly only with your clothes on.”
Source: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 24 (p. 143)
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
“No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.”
" Undeveloped Notes http://books.google.com/books?id=xIEcAAAAIAAJ&q=%22No+man+can+think+clearly+when+his+fists+are+clenched%22&pg=PA137#v=onepage," The Smart Set (August 1922)
The World in Falseface http://books.google.com/books?id=7rlEAAAAIAAJ&q=%22No+man+can+think+clearly+when+his+fists+are+clenched%22&pg=PA21#v=onepage (1923)
“You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly”
The Storm Over the University (December 6, 1990)
Context: Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you need to acquire the skills of writing and speaking that make for candor, rigor, and clarity. You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly.