Subject: Intelligence » Thinking (Page 2)

A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.


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

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

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

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

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

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Vision: Looking farther than you can see.

I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist

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

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

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

I've been doing some extremely abstract paintings… no paint, no canvas; I just think about it.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Reconsider: To seek a justification for a decision already made.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

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

We often think the way Gracie talks, but we pride ourselves that we never talk the way Gracie thinks.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

People who don’t think probably don’t have brains; rather, they have gray fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake.

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

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist