Quotes on thinking
Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
Savile, George
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.
Lec, Stanislaw
Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking.
Allen, Steve
Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.
Nietzsche, Friedrich
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor
Hugo, Victor
Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.
Jones, Howard Mumford
The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
Einstein, Albert
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.
Josephson, Terry
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once a week.
Shaw, George Bernard
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.
Alda, Alan
Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.
Confucius
Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
Fuller, Buckminster
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Kierkegaard, Soren
Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Kennedy, John F.
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
Hansberry, Lorraine
You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think.
Anderson, Walter