Thinking Quotes - page 6

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. (Wallace Stevens)
After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics of God and the soul, the man who has a right to say that he thinks at all, will find himself face to face with the conclusion that, on these topics, the most profound thought is that which can be the least easily distinguished from the most superficial sentiment. View quote
Edgar Allan Poe
Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting. View quote
Robert Frost
Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will. View quote
Tyra Banks
Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. View quote
Samuel Johnson
As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. View quote
William Godwin
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection. View quote
Billy Joel
I need one of those baby-monitors for my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I'm really thinking about. View quote
Steven Wright
That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. View quote
Steve Jobs
Theorems often tell us complex truths about the simple things, but only rarely tell us simple truths about the complex ones. To believe otherwise is wishful thinking or "mathematics envy." View quote
Marvin Minsky
The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man. (B. F. Skinner)
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. View quote
Jerry Seinfeld
Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else. View quote
Nicholas Sparks
People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. View quote
Anthony de Mello
If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving. View quote
Dale Carnegie
I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking. View quote
Joan Rivers
It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost. View quote
Richard Bach
The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator. View quote
Frances Perkins
For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking, we can understand how the universe works. View quote
Jim Al-Khalili
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. View quote
Hermann Hesse
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. (Joan Didion)
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. View quote
Joseph Campbell
I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid. View quote
Harlan Ellison
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you but if you really make them think, they'll hate you. View quote
Don Marquis
A ghost, Larry, is someone who hasn't made it -- in other words, who died, and they don't know they're dead. So they keep walking around and thinking that you're inhabiting their -- let's say, their domain. So they're aggravated with you. View quote
Sylvia Browne