329 quotes found
“Thinking is the hardest work anyone can do, which is probably the reason why we have so few thinkers. ”
“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”
“I could not think without writing.”
“Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.”
“Carving the world outside of you requires magical insights and deep out-worldly thinking.”
“If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.”
“I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that ...”
“Some days I wonder how I'll get through a whole lifetime of thinking. A life that's just words, words, words, shuffling around in my head. Was I born that way?”
“When there is fear, there is no trust.”
“Sometimes when you had a thought, it refused to leave. You rejected it, disowned it, sent it away, to find, moments later, that you were still spending time with it. It might have a different shape...”
“You noticed things. You're not sure when you start. It's only when you've noticed - noticed that you know you've noticed. Maybe between the first time when you're staring to think, Is this what I t...”
“You can think all you can but don't publicize all your thoughts”
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,...”
“Stop thinking, and end your problems.”
“Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for a way to shatter the glass doors of a museum. When you ...”
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.”
“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits...”
“He who thinks little errs much”
“Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.”
