Quotes about thinking
thinking want junkie
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in. Augusten Burroughs
thinking self giving
Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when you are with others is by choosing to forbid yourself to wonder what "they" are thinking. Instead, force yourself to exist in the instant, then take it- and give it- as it comes.
thinking matter way
No matter what I've written, someone somewhere has come up to me and said, "Me too." The truth can be offensive, but it's always nourishing, in a way. You recognize it. You can feel it. And even if [readers] think, "My god, I would never get in those situations," within those ridiculous circumstances that I have created for myself, they know the way I respond is probably what they would do too.
thinking want watches
I think all minority audiences watch movies with hope. They hope they will see what they want to see. That's why nobody really sees the same movie. Arthur Laurents
thinking phones cells
If you feel someone suspicious is following you, the best thing to do is to talk on your cell phone, Even if you just act as if someone is on the other end, it will make them think twice. Arthur Mitchell
thinking church directors
There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church. Arthur Middleton
thinking insanity insane
We cannot unthink unless we are insane. Arthur Koestler
thinking sky age
...the cosmology of a given age is not the result of unilinear, "scientific" development, but rather the most striking, imaginative symbol of its mentality- the projection of its conflicts, prejudice and specific ways of double-think onto the graceful sky.
thinking suggestions disease
Among all forms of mentation, verbal thinking is the most articulate, the most complex, and the most vulnerable to infectious diseases. It is liable to absorb whispered suggestions, and to incorporate them as hidden persuaders into the code.
thinking play crafts
. . . usually, the biggest problems of adapting plays into screenplays is that they stick too close to the play, and I think film is a completely different medium. I think a novel is much closer to a film . . .. Arthur Miller
thinking play theatre
I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theatre, or the play - but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem.
thinking gone jazz
They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back. Art Blakey
thinking together committees
Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinking. Art Linkletter
thinking people wells
I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive. Dick Wolf
thinking television want
I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.
thinking understanding mind
I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And I think if you can keep an open mind and some understanding, that helps you stay young. Dick Van Dyke
thinking thrown
I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business.
thinking atlanta two
I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know.
thinking good-marriage
I think that's the answer to a good marriage. Everyone has their own room.
thinking missing today
If you spend your life thinking, "I wonder if today is when it ends," you're going to miss out on everything wonderful.
thinking
I just think everyone needs their own private space.
thinking dancing singing
Once I got a job singing and dancing, a reasonable person might think, "Maybe I should learn how to do this." But no, I never did.
thinking people choices
Some people never change their mind through their whole lives, about anything, despite new information that comes in. And now that we know that homosexuality is not a choice, it's biological, I think we have to love and understand them.
thinking islands people
Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who think up souvenirs have for other people. Diane Johnson
thinking facts purpose
...is this not in fact the purpose of young Americans going abroad? To make them think of things they never thought of?
thinking soul secret
I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it. Diane Lane
thinking law people
In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the achievement gap. And it hasn't happened. Yet the new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is based on the same test-based and market-driven framework and ideology, except it lets the states do it. Diane Ravitch
thinking entertainment literature
I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves. Diane Sawyer
thinking people definitions
I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.
thinking idols fancy
American Idol, I love. I think it's a passing fancy but not passing so soon.
thinking hair anxiety
Einstein was always looking for a unifying principle for the universe. I think anxiety about hair is the unifying principle.
thinking facts manners
I love cabdrivers. I love their unpredictable manners. I love the pictures of their families on the visors. I love the fact that most of them think I'm Martha Stewart.
thinking knows
I think no one knows my politics.