Subject: Intelligence » Thinking (Page 2)

I want to be alone with my thought.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

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

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

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


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

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

Vision: Looking farther than you can see.

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

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

(1938 – ) American actor

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

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

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

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

British boxer

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

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

(1879 – 1974) film producer