Quotes about thinking
thinking mind wealth
I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts. Andrew Young
thinking ideas two
The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth without vision is insanity. Andrew Young
thinking people meals
When people are told to 'eat many small meals,' what they may actually hear is 'eat all the time,' making them likely to respond with some degree of compulsive overeating. It's no coincidence, I think, that obesity rates began rising rapidly in the 1980s more or less in tandem with this widespread endorsement of more frequent meals. Andrew Weil
thinking people boss
If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
thinking should hispanic
I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work. Andres Serrano
thinking certainty-in-life normal
I don't really think I am interested in the macabre, but I am curious about death. That's normal... The only certainty in life is that we're all going to die. It would be unnatural not to think about death once in a while. Andres Serrano
thinking what-if left
What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act? Andrei Platonov
thinking
When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head. Andrei Platonov
thinking feelings done
Do you know how much thinking and feeling I’ve done? It’s terrible. And nothing’s come of it. Andrei Platonov
thinking people ifs
If they don't think, people act senselessly. Andrei Platonov
thinking greek passing-away
The Greeks do not think correctly about coming-to-be and passing-away; for no thing comes to be or passes away, but is mixed together and dissociated from the things that are. And thus they would be correct to call coming-to-be mixing-together and passing-away dissociating Anaxagoras
thinking world goes-on
I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world. Andre Balazs
thinking numbers age
If you're ranked number one in the world it's because you've earned it, and I think the only way to really get there is to have that ability and to have it nurtured in a very competitive environment at an early age. Andre Agassi
thinking careers appreciate
I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get. Andre Agassi
thinking television metaphor
Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television? Chuck Palahniuk
thinking people knowledge-is-power
Some people still think knowledge is power. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking blood effort
Skin, bones, blood and organs transplant from person to person. Even what’s inside you already, the colonies of microbes and bugs that eat your food for you, without them you’d die. Nothing of you is all-the-way yours. All of you is inherited. Whatever you’re thinking, a million other folks are thinking. Whatever you do, they’re doing, and none of you is responsible. All of you is a cooperative effort. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking vampire legends
This isn’t really death,’ Tyler says. ‘We’ll be legend. We won’t grow old.’ I tongue the barrel into my cheek and say, Tyler, you’re thinking of vampires. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking america conflict
I think America is just so in love with conflict. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking people want
The truth is . . . you think what people want you to think. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking world firsts
Just each of us being me, me, me first. The murderer, the victim, the witness each of us thinks our role is the lead. Probably that goes for anybody in the world. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking scary-stories echoes
That’s how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It re-creates some forgotten terror. Something we’d like to think we’ve grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It’s something you’d hoped was healed. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking risk young
As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more? Chuck Palahniuk
thinking sky standing
It’s weird to think the place where we’re standing will only be a point in the sky. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking voice mouths
Her voice makes me think of her mouth makes me think of her breath makes me think of her breasts. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking names culture
I am a writer and the greatest compliment I can get is to know that I've contributed language to the culture, that I've defined something, given it a name. So I think that is one of the great things a writer can do. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking media age
I think we're in an age starved for genuine experiences, instead of cathartic phony experiences through the media, structured, engineered experiences. And those are the fast food, the masturbation of experience. They don't really exhaust any aspect of ourselves; they don't make us any stronger. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking light years
You think maybe if you just work harder and faster, you can hold off the chaos, but then one day you’re changing a patio light bulb with a five-year life span and you realize how you’ll only be changing this light maybe ten more times before you’ll be dead. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking talking people
When I see people talking on the internet about me or my work it's almost always more a description of themselves and so I never really think of myself as anything more than just who I always was. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking steps firsts
I think standardization is really the first step to something being commodified. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking choices trying
Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they're all trying to improve the world. And I think that those basic choices make the world a better place. Chuck Palahniuk
thinking games nfl
There were a lot of big games. But I think one of the biggest was one that will go down as one of the biggest upsets in playoff history. We were 15-point underdogs going into Miami and upset them. That was a big one. Chuck Knox
thinking impact giving
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.... Interventions have greater value and impact today than if they are delayed. Chuck Feeney