Quotes on Thinking

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you feel that rush. In the same way, I think the more you know about love, the more you can enjoy it. And knowing about your personality type, who you are and what kind of person you're dealing with gives you a great leg up.

Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they think.

I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.

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.

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland's history in their lineaments trace; think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.

Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.

I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.

The major championships have always been a special focus in my career and, as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be.

I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

People complain about my exclamation points, but I honestly think that's the way people think. I don't think people think in essays; it's one exclamation point to another.

Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.

Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.