Thinking Quotes

Science trumps magical thinking: there was a reason the Incas called their mercury mine 'la mina de los muertos,' the mine of the dead. Building a life and a community upon principles that ignore such realities is doomed to fail.

Floyd Skloot
- Life
- Science
- Community
We humans think linearly but tech trends are exponential.

Vinod Khosla
- Humans
- Lessons
- Trends

You can over analyze anything. I constantly have to tell myself, 'Sabrina, stop thinking.' There are people who are just analytical. It's part of your gene makeup, or too much caffeine.

Sabrina Lloyd
- People
- Stop
- Myself
At least half of your mind is always thinking, I'll be leaving; this won't last. It's a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I'm just sad.

Anne Carson
- Good
- Great
- Mind
Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best.

Takeru Kobayashi
- Long
- Age
- Game
My childhood was as conventional as you could get. I think I probably created 'Arcadia' with a certain amount of wishful thinking. I would have loved to have more looseness and freedom and community.

Lauren Groff
I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

Gavin Bryars
- Time
- Thinking
- Detail
I think our grandparents were Victor Frankenstein. I basically am the kind of deeply unnatural creature that Mrs Shelley instinctively dreaded. I not only eat her sacred cows but I eat them with ketchup. While I take her point, I think that transgressive monstrosity and tampering with the life force are both a lot more fun than she suspected.

Bruce Sterling
- Fun
- Kind
- Grandparent