THINKING QUOTES V

quotations about thinking

In human affairs, all that endures is what men think.

ISABEL PATERSON

The God of the Machine


Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament.

CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ

"On War"


Thinking is but an idle waste of thought,
And naught is everything, and everything is naught.

HORACE & JAMES SMITH

Rejected Addresses


Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes


Thinking isn't to agree or disagree--that's voting.

ROBERT FROST

attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes

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There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped.

SHERWOOD ANDERSON

letter to his publisher, Ben Huebsch, New Essays on Winesburg, Ohio

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To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

CONFUCIUS

The Analects

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It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.... This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.

ISAAC ASIMOV

Asimov on Science Fiction

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