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Thinks Quotes (page 336)

Sherman Alexie quote: "Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat..."
Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito... Sherman Alexie
I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of the plot. I write without thinking much, trying to overcome all kinds of self-criticism, without stopping, without giving any consideration to the style or structure of the novel, only putting down on paper everything that can be used as raw material, very crude material for later development in the story. Mario Vargas Llosa
In TIME June 7, 2010On the sustainability of the publishing industry, in the Chicago Tribune:"I think that book publishing is about to slide into the sea. We live in a literate time, and our children are writing up a storm, often combining letters and numbers.... The future of publishing: 18 million authors in America, each with an average of 14 readers, eight of whom are blood relatives. Average annual earnings: $175." - 5/26/10 Garrison Keillor
But have you ever overheard two women discussing men? Men are crude liars, comparing their drabs, but women - I'd rather have [an] anatomist dissect me alive than to listen to the things the ladies say about us when they think they are alone. Lois McMaster Bujold
I know Mark,' I reply. 'And I don't like him.' 'But I do. And part of being social means being civil to someone you don't like.' 'That's stupid. It's a huge world. why not just get up and walk away?' 'Because that's rude,' Jess explains. 'I think it's rude to stick a smile on your face and pretend you like talking to someone when in reality you'd rather be sticking bamboo slivers under your fingernails. Jodi Picoult
There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often find confusion in conclusion I concluded long ago. In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure. In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain I was sure. Richard Rogers
Jane Austen quote: "I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers..."
I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit. Jane Austen
Flannery O'Connor quote: "what they have to say about themselves makes me think that..."
...what they have to say about themselves makes me think that there is a lot of ill-directed good in them. Flannery O'Connor
Marshall McLuhan quote: "Diaper spelled backwards is repaid , think about it."
Diaper spelled backwards is repaid , think about it. Marshall McLuhan
I think there are two different oceans - the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter. Jodi Picoult
We are training not isolated men but a living group of men, - nay, a group within a group. And the final product of our training must be neither a psychologist nor a brickmason, but a man. And to make men, we must have ideals, broad, pure, and inspiring ends of living, - not sordid money-getting, not apples of gold. The worker must work for the lory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame. And all this is gained only by human strife and longing; by... W. E. B. Du Bois
Half the time she did things not simply, not for themselves; but to make people think this or that; perfect idiocy she knew for no one was ever for a second taken in. Virginia Woolf
Negative thinking is always expensive -- dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically -- hence I refer to any indulgence in it as a luxury. Peter McWilliams
Voltaire quote: "The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks."
The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks. Voltaire
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't understand the subtleties of slights and pains, that it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart. Steve Martin

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