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Thinks Quotes (page 705)

At present I do not feel that I have seen more than the fringe of poverty. Still, I can point to one or two things I have definitely learned by being hard up. I shall never again think that all tramps are drunken scoundrels, nor expect a beggar to be grateful when I give him a penny, nor be surprised if men out of work lack energy, nor subscribe to the Salvation Army, nor pawn my clothes, nor refuse a handbill, nor enjoy a meal at a smart restaurant. That is a beginning. George Orwell
David Foster Wallace quote: "Cleverness as opposed to wisdom. Wanting and having instead of..."
Cleverness as opposed to wisdom. Wanting and having instead of thinking and making. David Foster Wallace
Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted. Mitch Albom
We don't really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped ... We suffer, therefore we think. Alain de Botton
Heraclitus quote: "The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what..."
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. Heraclitus
Lord Worth: 'I think you may be quite useful to me. The heiress has a brother.'Captain Audley: 'I am not the least interested in her brother,' objected the Captain. Georgette Heyer
Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you're making. C. S. Lewis
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. ... It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. -Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
I Think it is lost.....but nothing is ever lost nor can be lost .The body sluggish, aged, cold, the ember left from earlier fires shall duly flame again. Walt Whitman
Steig Larsson quote: "I don't think I'm the type who falls in love. She was a..."
I don't think I'm the type who falls in love. She was a friend. And we had good sex. Steig Larsson
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself. Haruki Murakami
Oscar Wilde quote: "It is said that passion makes one think in a circle."
It is said that passion makes one think in a circle. Oscar Wilde
Alone, alone! It is a fact, you hear more acutely and you see and think most acutely, when you are alone. Alone, alone! But there is happiness in alone, if you believe you have chosen it. Joyce Carol Oates
Wim Wenders quote: "I think seeing happens partly through the eyes, but not entirely."
I think seeing happens partly through the eyes, but not entirely. Wim Wenders
You don't understand their mentality. They won't accept your resignation because they don't think you have the right to quit. They are the ones who decide how long you should stay and when you should be dispensed with. More than anything else, it was this arbitrariness that had become unbearable. Azar Nafisi

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