Subject: Intelligence » Thinking

Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

fictional character from the book series by A. A. Milne

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

(1918 – 2002) American baseball player

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Rational: Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Thoughts left unsaid are never wasted.

(1875 – 1957) stockbroker & man of letters

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

There are only two problems with people: One is that they don't think; The other is that they do.

I want to be alone with my thought.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.

(1842 – 1910) American philosopher & psychologist

I wonder what goes through [your dog’s] mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl.

American writer

Alex Rieger: It’s so quiet up here you can hear yourself think.

(1938 – ) American actor

These guys from the nation's capital… now they do a lot of thinking.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet