Thinking Quotes

• There was a point in my teenage years, when we were starting to play bigger shows and females were running after tour buses and all that, and my mom - and I remember this like it was yesterday - said: 'Look, I want you to know that I couldn't be prouder of you. You are extraordinary. You move people. But it doesn't make you better than them. You still put your pants on the same way as them, one leg at a time every morning.' I thought about learning to jump right into them, just to mess with her. But what she said stuck with me, and I think it's true.

  

  Justin Timberlake NSYNC
  • People
  • Time
  • She

• We changed the name from Sex Gang Children to Culture Club because Jon Moss, our drummer, went to L.A. on holiday and took some demo tapes with him. -Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, "I don't think America's ready for the Sex Gang Children."

  

  Boy George Culture Club
  • Children
  • Culture
  • Changed

• Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.

  

  Akhenaton
  • Thinking
  • Soul
  • Actions

• The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Book
  • Language
  • Author

• There's so many different ways to cheat. People think infidelity is the way to cheat. I think it's sometimes far worse to emotionally cheat on somebody.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • People
  • Different
  • Sometimes

• As I was reading the book [Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries] I kept thinking, "Sweetie, you are dancing as fast as you can!"

  

  Anderson Cooper
  • Book
  • Reading
  • Adventure

• I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?

  

  Vivienne Westwood
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Designer

• Now you see why I hate to leave my lab. It tires me out too much to have to do other people’s thinking for them.

  

  David Gerrold
  • People
  • Why
  • Hate

• The thinking it took to get us into this mess is not the same thinking that is going to get us out of it.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Thinking
  • Get
  • Mess

• Some men of the line regiment who had appeared on our right started running back. I shouted out to them to halt, but they took no notice. I pulled out my revolver and very nearly shot at them, but I thought it wouldn't do any good, as they all had their backs to me so would have thought that anyone hit was hit by a German bullet. If I ran after them my men might think I was running away. So I took my men on!

  

  William St Leger
  • Running
  • Might
  • Ran

• It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.

  

  Marian McPartland
  • Thinking

• I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.

  

  William Shatner
  • Success
  • inspirational
  • Coal

• I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploratio n that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing God with the characters. When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. ... I think the most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.

  

  Erica Jong
  • Important
  • Writing
  • Character

• I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.

  

  Daniel Rossen
  • Thinking
  • Firsts
  • Lyricists

• I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Soul
  • Desire
  • Praying

• I think that America is more diverse than ever before, and is continuing to become more diverse, and our content should and is reflecting that.

  

  Will Packer
  • Should
  • Continuing
  • Reflecting

• There are many of us thinking of one version of parallel universe theory or another. If it's all a lot of nonsense, then it's a lot of wasted effort going into this far-out idea. But if this idea is correct, it is a fantastic upheaval in our understanding.

  

  Brian Greene
  • Universe
  • Understanding
  • Effort

• I wake up every morning thinking I need to be edgier.

  

  Allison Williams
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Morning

• The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, "is that he thinks he can fix anything. And if he can't fix it, he can at least do something with the pieces of what's broken.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Broken
  • Said
  • Pieces

• I think one of the biggest limitations for an artist is not being able to dream a golden dream. We're always saying, "Oh, we can make do with this," or "We can problem-solve this." But John Neumeier's creative process was very different from piecemealing. It was the first time I understood I could build something larger and that it could be and should be supported.

  

  Dana Tai Soon Burgess
  • Different
  • Dream
  • Artist

• For those interested in Reformed thought more broadly, I'd recommend Peter Leithart's recent book on Reformed Catholicism entitled, The End of Protestantism: Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church (Brazos Press, 2016), as a thought-provoking and stimulating read that should get us all thinking about the future shape of the Church, wherever we come from.

  

  Oliver D. Crisp
  • Book
  • Future
  • Church

• I have tons of stuff that, you know, seems like it's a well-constructed sentence but it is not how people talk, it's how people write. So that's why I think it's sometimes easier for me to write for actors 'cause I know what's frustrating about, you know, sentences that come out just perfect. Well, who talks like that? And who of us don't overlap each other? Except on the radio, hopefully.

  

  Carrie Fisher
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Writing

• It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.

  

  Julia Roberts
  • People
  • Funny
  • Birthday

• We want to bring better products to Vietnam. My hope is through changes in lifestyle and the products we consume, it will affect the people and change the way they are thinking.

  

  Pham Nhat Vuong
  • Change
  • Products
  • Vietnam

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