Quotes about thinking
thinking love-and-friendship who-we-are
As everyone applauds and sips champagne, I smile back at Rachel, thinking she got it just right. Love and friendship. They are what makes us who we are and what can change us, if we let them. Emily Giffin
thinking checks
You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again. Emily Giffin
thinking past let-him-go
The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in your present, and you think to yourself: if I'd known this, then maybe I wouldn't have let him go. Emily Giffin
thinking might easy
He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness. Emily Giffin
thinking contentment doe
And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that Emily Giffin
thinking issues feelings
I think the issue of female friendship really resonates well with women, ... So many women have a friend like Darcy or can relate to the feeling of being second-fiddle to a friend. Emily Giffin
thinking different moments
I think that we have to consciously be aware that every moment we're in, every different stage in our lives, we can control. Emily Giffin
thinking social-media easy
I'm very open in terms of sharing bits about my life, but I think it's very easy to get a distorted sense of who anyone is through social media. Emily Giffin
thinking exception-to-the-rule unexpected
There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you're some kind of exception to the rule. Emily Giffin
thinking trying important
I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break. Emily Giffin
thinking what-if nostalgic
I'm nostalgic and I do think about a "what if." Emily Giffin
thinking effort forever
When we think of his lone effort to live and its bleak reward, the mind turns to the myth "for His mercy endureth forever," with confiding revulsion. Emily Dickinson
thinking diligence without-hope
The Service without Hope Is tenderest, I think-- ... There is no Diligence like that That knows not an Until Emily Dickinson
thinking atheism awful
The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared me. He preached such an awful sermon I didn't think I should ever see you again until the Judgment Day. The subject of perdition seemed to please him somehow. Emily Dickinson
thinking thank-god needs
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God. Emily Dickinson
thinking belief rich
Rich is he who thinks he is rich and poor is he who thinks he is poor.
thinking artist labels
Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along. Emeli Sande
thinking practice ideas
A society whose members are united by the fact that they think in the same way in regard to the sacred world and its relations with the profane world, and by the fact that they translate these common ideas into common practices, is what is called a Church. In all history, we do not find a single religion without a Church. Emile Durkheim
thinking people cooking
Radishes grow just about anywhere. People think, 'Oh it's just a radish.' But radishes are delicious, and people don't think of cooking them. Emeril Lagasse
thinking think-big bigs
If you think big, then it's going to be big. Emeril Lagasse
thinking passing blessedness
Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards. Ellis Peters
thinking who-i-am important
I don’t think it’s important who I am. I really like playing music, but I don’t really want to be anything in particular. Elliott Smith
thinking drug important
I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying. Elliott Smith
thinking oscars
I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. Elliott Smith
thinking records sells
I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records. Elliott Smith
thinking ideas trying
Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does. Elliott Smith
thinking people convincing
People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard for them to be convincing. Elliott Smith
thinking style
I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style. Elmore Leonard
thinking people letters
I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph. Elmore Leonard
thinking loyal principles
Let us, then, be what we are; speak what we think; and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
thinking deeds needs
Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
thinking law doubt
It may be appropriate to quote a statement of Poincare, who said (partly in jest no doubt) that there must be something mysterious about the normal law since mathematicians think it is a law of nature whereas physicists are convinced that it is a mathematical theorem. Henri Poincare
thinking use affirmation
All that is not thought is pure nothingness; since we can think only thoughts, and all the words we use to speak of things can express only thoughts, to say there is something other than thought is therefore an affirmation which can have no meaning. Henri Poincare