Thinking Quotes - Page 823

Humor is hope's companion in arms. It is not brash, it is not cheap, it is not heartless. Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.

I'm not looking for anything. I think all men are dogs, I honestly do. Every man starts barking sooner or later.

In the calmness of the walk, horse and rider can find the time to think and to prepare the quality of the following trot and canter.

I think I'm a music fan before anything else.

I think it's true that the 1 Percent or the elite are living in a world of, maybe, excessive privilege, and they don't fully realize how much pain and suffering, how much anxiety exists out there.

I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money.

It's so interesting that we think we know the rules to this game, this total hypothetical game called, "Would you," "If you had it to do over." It's not out there.

Reducing the thinking required to take the next action increases the likelihood of the desired behavior occurring unconsciously.

I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom.

I think you have to draw from any character and bring it to yourself as much as possible.

People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are.

I was always thinking the funny things but was always quiet and scared to be made fun of.

I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.'

You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively.

I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions, the way in which things are orchestrated, what's been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character.

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to think that human beings are bargaining chips.

I think when you're in the early stages of writing a song, it's important to shut off the part of your brain that tries to edit or criticize. That function comes in handy later, but if you let it in too early, you can trip yourself up.

The inclusion of slopestyle in the Olympics is cool. I think it's going to be a total breath of fresh air. The Olympics needs us more than we need it.

I'm sure people would argue this, but I want to be different in everything I do. I don't think I've been the same in anything I've done, and I want to keep that up.

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

He was a wonderful man. And when a man is that special, you know it sooner than you think possible. You recognize it instinctively, and you're certain that no matter what happens, there will never be another one like him.

I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.

Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can neither think for itself nor understand the thinking of others. The first is of the highest excellence, the second is excellent, and the third is worthless.