Quotes about thinking
thinking tanks position
There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions. David Frum
thinking credit too-much
If you read the good reviews you gotta read the bad reviews. I kind of think of it as like being a quarterback: you get way too much blame when it's bad and way too much credit when it's good. David Fincher
thinking phones light
If I see a movie for the first time on DVD, I watch it all the way through, the lights are down, I don't pick up the phone. The third or fourth time you see a movie, sometimes you just have them on and you check in every once in a while with things that you liked. I think it's a different expectations from that environment. David Fincher
thinking whales people
You can’t take everything on. That’s why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I don’t know. I don’t think in those terms’. If I did, I might become incapacitated by fear . . . How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time. How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time. David Fincher
thinking commentary knows
You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever. David Fincher
thinking sexiness subjective
I think intelligence is totally subjective; it's like sexiness. David Fincher
thinking two people
People will say, 'There are a million ways to shoot a scene,' but I don't think so. I think there are two, maybe. And the other one is wrong. David Fincher
thinking way linear
The way I think about things and experience things is not particularly linear, and it's not orderly, and it's not pyramidical, and there are a lot of loops. David Foster Wallace
thinking people substance
...most Substance-addicted people are also addicted to thinking, meaning they have a compulsive and unhealthy relationship with their own thinking. David Foster Wallace
thinking dies what-you-love
You are what you love. No? You are, completely and only, what you would die for without, as you say, the thinking twice. David Foster Wallace
thinking people terrified
I'm very bright, but I'm terrified of sounding like someone who thinks he's very bright-because those people are assholes. David Foster Wallace
thinking desire young-writers
I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader. David Foster Wallace
thinking confusing proud
It's all very confusing. I think I'm very honest and candid, but I'm also proud of how honest and candid I am -- so where does that put me? David Foster Wallace
thinking scared persons
You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking. David Foster Wallace
thinking smoking easy
I think it's easy to stop smoking; it's just hard not to commit a felony after you stop. David Foster Wallace
thinking different made
The parts of me that used to think I was different or smarter or whatever, almost made me die. David Foster Wallace
thinking confusion people
I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion. David Foster Wallace
thinking important attention
Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself. David Foster Wallace
thinking numbers people
What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is 'all it does' - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it. David Foster Wallace
thinking pitcher
I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it. David Cone
thinking skeletons office
I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public office. David Cone
thinking games stronger
I think I rushed and I needed more time with my comeback. I needed more time to get my legs stronger to be able to handle the workload. You can only train for that by pitching innings. You can't simulate pitching off a mound in a game inside a weight room. David Cone
thinking sound music-education
I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education. David Cook
thinking willing
I think the future is whatever I'm willing to make it. David Cook
thinking years cost
I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? David Chipperfield
thinking mirrors people
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful. David Chipperfield
thinking people
People think that I don't like women. David Coverdale
thinking ideas band
When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new bands, which I'm cool with, I think that's a good idea. Most of the record companies are not doing that. David Coverdale
thinking two important
I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can. David Coverdale
thinking consequence
What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself. David Coverdale
thinking guy way
I think there is a guy called Michael. It looks as though he’s got a talent. He will make his way to F1. David Coulthard
thinking magic able
It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things. David Copperfield
thinking great-things
No, I think marriage is a great thing. David Copperfield