I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.

I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.

The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.

Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don't have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day.

As long as you like me the best. And you think I’m good-looking—sort of. I’m prepared to be annoyingly persistent.

I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there.

People never think of themselves as choosing to be politically correct. They simply think in the way that they do.

The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.

I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake or blackouts.

What was God thinking when he created a guy this handsome? He wasn't a gift to womankind, he was a torture device.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.

History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

I think the jokes would have been a bit broader and a bit more obvious in terms of the day-to-day of country life.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.

You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.

We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else's problems.

Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.

The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.

I think that being a mom has made me a better person. I'm much more patient and much more chill than I was before.

I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening.

I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.

I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow)

I said 'boss' and I meant that, advance you spent that Corvette so clean, you'll think Bruce Springsteen rent that

With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.

What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and culture of men?

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they’ll see tomorrow.

Well, it's practically over, thank God - I'm 83, there won't be that much more of it to put up with I don't think!

I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish.

I never like to think of any character as being over. I'm always thinking of different ways of bringing them back.

A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the case.

I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.

I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.

‘Blade Runner’ is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don’t think you should ever touch it again.

I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.

I think women bring a different perspective into Senate and that we tend to be more collaborative in our approach.

Increasingly I've come to think that what's at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it's feeling.

I just don't think you pass on a great quarterback if you have the opportunity. If need be, you can trade it away.

People changing because they think they should is not a good idea, because I just don't think they should, really.

I think that you can say something in one line with a look that you might need three lines on a page for normally.

Knowing the edge of your competency is important. If you think you know more than you do, you will get in trouble.

Glen Campbell told me, 'Stay out of the way of a good song.' I think it's true. If a song's good, don't overdo it.

I love change, and I love changing my hair. But it was strange to look in the mirror and think 'Who is this girl?'

I believe humanity is a pretty interesting lot, and they're all really busy doing and thinking interesting things.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

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