Thinking Quotes
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How we think about terrorism has to be defined and specific enough that it doesn't lead us to think that any horrible actions that take place around the world that are motivated in part by an extremist Islamic ideology is a direct threat to us or something that we have to wade into.
Barack Obama
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We have a mental block inside us that stops us from earning more than we think we are worth. If we want to earn more in reality, we have to upgrade our self-concept.
Brian Tracy
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I've always been shocked that people that I'm actually flying with say, 'Oh, I feel safer on the plane with you.' I'm thinking, 'You must not watch the show because everybody around me gets killed.'
Kiefer Sutherland
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When I see my friends engaging in a Twitter war for an afternoon, I think that would destroy me for a month.
Zadie Smith
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When you can type a few words into a search engine and land on your topic - or when you can scan a Shakespeare play for specific words or symbols - what opportunities might you miss to expand your thinking in unexpected ways?
Christina Baker Kline
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News photography teaches you to think fast.
Weegee
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Think of yourself as a resource to your clients;an advisor,counselor,mentor and friend.
Brian Tracy
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I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.
Emily Haines Broken Social Scene
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He could ball with the crew, he could solo But I think I like him better when he dolo
Nicki Minaj
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A man who won't demean himself for a dollar is a phoney to my way of thinking.
Nelson Algren
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I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil.
William Styron
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You can expect a record that I put together for you to make you feel good, a record that I put together to make you think, a record to transport you into whatever mood you want to be in. I hope that people associate my name with the brand, and I hope that people associate that brand with excellence. So, you can expect an excellent record.
Lalah Hathaway
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We have something special...a culture which we do not think of as something for the elite, but as something which is accessible to practically everybody.
Frederick Lewis Allen
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I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.
Chris Bell Big Star
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I'm definitely not a guy that comes in the dressing room saying, "Hey, everybody, what a wonderful life." I'm usually brooding about something I think is wrong. I care so much about getting the music right, and if I think someone's slacking I get very upset about that. I just can't go on stage and say, "Another day, another dollar," which I've heard a few people say: I can't go along with that at all. It's got to be as good as you can do - to my own detriment.
Ritchie Blackmore Blackmore's Night
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Art is all about giving yourself these terrifying challenges, these peaks to climb. You're at the bottom of the mountain at the start of every new project thinking, 'Am I going to make it?'
Phyllida Lloyd
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If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.
Ziggy Marley
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Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a thinker you must be a frowning bore, because thinking is so damn serious.
Jacques Maritain
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I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!
Wayne Shorter
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We go on dates thinking that person is our future husband or wife, without getting to know them, as we live in a fantasy and an illusion of romance.
Patti Stanger
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So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.
Daniel Kahneman
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I enjoy thelove I receive from my fans and my audience. But I think I know what is realfor me and what is not.
Aamir Khan
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I am really overwhelmed. Everywhere both in Internet and in other media, I have been asked for a message. I was thinking what message I can give to the people of the country at this juncture.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I think as a student I ended up liking so many different and conflicting things.
Wade Guyton