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Thinking Quotes (page 265)

If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand: My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne; And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. I dreamt my lady came and found me dead— Strange dream, that gives a dead man leave to think!— And breathed such life with kisses in my lips, That I revived, and was an emperor. Ah me! how sweet is love itself possess'd, When but love's shadows are so rich in joy! William Shakespeare
Augusten Burroughs quote: "To be more confident you need to give a whole lot less of a..."
To be more confident you need to give a whole lot less of a shit about that other people think of you. Augusten Burroughs
Haruki Murakami quote: "Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of..."
Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore. Haruki Murakami
In truth, knowledge is a great and very useful quality; those who despise it give evidence enough of their stupidity. Yet I do not set its value at that extreme measure that some attribute to it, such as the philosopher Herillus, who find in it the sovereign good and think it has the power to make us wise and happy. Michel de Montaigne
If a young women once thinks herself handsome, she never doubts the truth of any man that tells her he is in love with her; for if she believes herself charming charming enough to captive him, 'tis natural to expect the effects of it. Daniel Defoe
I think it's easy to mistake understanding for empathy - we want empathy so badly. Maybe learning to make that distinction is part of growing up. It's hard and ugly to know somebody can understand you without even liking you. Thomas Harris
Lewis Carroll quote: "You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you..."
You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk. Lewis Carroll
L. M. Montgomery quote: "It is not," Valency could hear her mother's prim, dictatorial..."
It is not," Valency could hear her mother's prim, dictatorial voice asserting, "it is not MAIDENLY to think about MEN. L. M. Montgomery
The "herrenvolk" [master race] are all around you, threading their way on their bicycles between the piles of rubble or rushing off with jugs and buckets to meet the water cart. It is queer to think that these are the people who once ruled Europe, from the Channel to the Caspian Sea and might have conquered our own island, if they had known how weak we were. George Orwell
People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that let's you know when to laugh if you're to stupid to know when the joke is. Marilyn Manson
Stephen King quote: "By tomorrow at this time, I think you're going to have a much..."
By tomorrow at this time, I think you're going to have a much better idea of what crazy is. -- Ev Hillman Stephen King
C. S. Lewis quote: "The harder you tried not to think, the more you thought."
The harder you tried not to think, the more you thought. C. S. Lewis
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "But by God sometimes you have to be able to think about the..."
But by God sometimes you have to be able to think about the unthinkable! Ursula K. Le Guin
It was almost as if he had become, in his inveterate goodness, a little bit of a simpleton as is bound to happen, I think, if and when one gives oneself absolutely to God. Anne Rice
It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them... At least he who reaches will get a good stretch, a good view, and perhaps even a low-hanging apple for his efforts. R. A. Salvatore

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