Thought Quotes

It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know.

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis.

People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.

They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.

The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers.

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.

Part of the plot was a knock that V wanted to bring down the government and bring chaos. I don't know why I thought of Guy Fawkes, because it was during the summer. I thought that would be great if he looked like Guy Fawkes, kind of theatrical.

I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level.

I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room.

But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.

When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful!

We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level.

You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you're going to say it.

I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas.

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it.

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.

I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't.

I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be put on records forever.

I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.

Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?

Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race.

My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there.

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought sound could help with the storytelling.