Subject: Intelligence » Thinking (Page 2)

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

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

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

Thoughts left unsaid are never wasted.

(1875 – 1957) stockbroker & man of letters

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

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

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

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

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

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

I want to be alone with my thought.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

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

Jim: I don’t hear anything.

(1938 – ) American actor

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

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

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