When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants – that that’s our purpose.
There are quite a lot of YouTube clips of me that have gone viral. One that I think of is of a young woman at a lecture I was giving – she came from Liberty University, which is a ludicrous religious institution. She said, ‘What if you are wrong?’ and I answered that rather briefly, and that’s gone viral.
I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!
I don’t know why, but rain comes into my head the minute I think of my childhood.
I think we all have our own personality, unique and distinctive, and at the same time, I think that our own unique and distinctive personality blends with the wind, with the footsteps in the street, with the noises around the corner, and with the silence of memory, which is the great producer of ghosts.
I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.
I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.
They can because they think they can.
I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.
I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.
I don’t see any of my colleagues as rivals. I don’t think our generation needs to do that. We are a chilled out lot, and we should all be happy.
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I’d never be able to think the same again – that being a lawyer is something that’s part of who I am as an individual now.
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, ‘Okay, the world’s not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?’
I don’t think that people accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it.
I think you can make fun of anything except things people can’t help. They can’t help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas – ideas don’t have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them.
I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.
Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It’s tough to do that when we’re terrified about what people might see or think.
We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.
I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you.
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
I think a child should be allowed to take his father’s or mother’s name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.
Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want.
I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
I think all the garbage in the world is thanks to a very small handful of idiots.
I’ve experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
I think; therefore I am.
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
If I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
Every time I start to get worked up over something, I just think to myself, ‘Is this really going to matter in my life tomorrow, in an hour, in a year?’ You just can’t get stressed about the little things ’cause it’s just not worth it at the end of the day.
The Lord gave us two ends – one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.
Absolutely, I think every day is a new day, every day is a new opportunity, and every day is a new chance.
I think we are a product of all our experiences.
I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it’s a very poor scheme for survival.
I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault – they watched the foot come towards their face.
The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.
A guru is like a live road map. If you want to walk uncharted terrain, I think it is sensible to walk with a road map.
You’re never going to be bulletproof, but if you’re feeding yourself good food and making sure you’re eating the right supplements, I think you reduce the chances of getting any niggling injuries.
Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then.
I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They’re really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.
I think we all need to be able to dream in all colors.
I’m sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don’t think there’s any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.
Liquid architecture. It’s like jazz – you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it’s a way of – for me, it’s a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
I think the first duty of society is justice.
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the drug store, but that’s just peanuts to space.
I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
I’m learning to accept myself. I’m still in the process of learning to love who I am. And it’s been really refreshing and really nice to be able to do that and be okay. I think my fans have brought that out in me.
I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we’re preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.
I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?
Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
