Subject: Intelligence » Thinking

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

(1918 – 2002) American baseball player

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

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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


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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

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

(1938 – ) American actor

When someone you greatly admire and respect appears to be thinking deep thoughts, they are probably thinking about lunch.

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

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

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

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

Thoughts left unsaid are never wasted.

(1875 – 1957) stockbroker & man of letters

Vision: Looking farther than you can see.

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

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

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

American writer