“The more I think about things, the more I see no rhyme or reason in life. No one knows why some things work out and some things don't. Why some of us are lucky and some of us get...”
Thinking quotes
313 thinking quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“When you're really happy, you don't sit around thinking.”
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“It takes a rare thing, a turning point, to free oneself from any obsession. Be it prejudice or hate, or, even love.”
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“I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed.”
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“Ariel, please! Will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs?”
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“It's important to think. It's what separates us from lentils.”
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“I was very ill last summer. For a while, I thought I was a goner. I woke up one night in my hospital bed, and I saw, standing there, a tall man, wearing a white robe, with a long white beard. I said, 'Who are you?' He said, 'I am the Holy Ghost.' I said, 'Where are the Father and the Son?' He said, 'They're out of town.' I'm not a religious man,...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“If I were you boys, I wouldn't talk or even think about women. T'aint good for your health.”
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“- Phillip: Rupert only publishes books he likes... usually philosophy.
- Janet: Oh. Small print, big words, no sales.
- Brandon: Rupert's extremely radical. Do you know that he selects his books on the assumption that people not only can read but actually can think?”
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“- Jesse Pinkman: I was thinking about that thing you said about the universe. Going where the universe takes you? Right on. It's a cool philosophy.
- Jane Margolis: I was being metaphorical, it's a terrible philosophy. I've gone where the universe takes me my whole life. It's better to make those decisions for yourself.”
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“I couldn't see straight or think straight. I was a fat-headed guy, full of pain.”
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“- Gilda: This vacuum I'm living in, mind giving me a reason?
- Johnny Farrell: Not at all. You've had such a full life up to now; I thought a little peace and quiet would do you good. Give you time to think!
- Gilda: Think about what?
- Johnny Farrell: Would it be too corny to say: your sins.
- Gilda: Yes, it would.
- Johnny Farrell: Well, I...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Don Birnam: Do you ever lay in your bed looking at the window? A little daylight's coming through and you start to wonder. Is it getting lighter? Is it getting darker? Is it dawn or is it dusk? That's a terrifying problem, Nat. Because, if its dawn, you're dead! The bars are closed. The liquor stores aren't open until nine o'clock and you...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“Maybe the truth is that when a man does nothing all his life, it leaves him too much time to think. And thinking too much makes him... makes him stupid.”
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“- Commodus: Father thinks too much.
- Livius: There is much for a Roman to think of these days.
- Commodus: Why Livius, for a moment that honest warrior's face of yours took on the... philosopher's look. Let's not think, let's drink.”
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“- Arthur: Of course it's not working. It's been sitting here gathering dust since before the Sahara was a desert!
- Mera: Before the Sahara was a desert... You do your best thinking when you're not thinking at all.” -
“When that day come when you can think for yourself, I will let you know.”
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“Sometimes we have to avoid thinking about the problems life presents. Otherwise we'd suffocate.”
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- Sari Hatvany: "Pierre says, Pierre says, says, says." Since you are 14, Pierre is always saying. Isn't it time you say a few words yourself?
- Maria Corvier: You're the one who's always saying, "Listen to Pierre. A ballerina shouldn't think."
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“Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved for thought and creativity.”
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“I paint, as a matter of fact, to stop thinking. I stop thinking, and I feel that I'm a part of everything outside and inside of me.”
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“- Neil Clarke: Dennis, become a rational thinking creature!
- Dennis: Look, I just can't concentrate on anything till I've had one of those biscuits! I know it's crazy, but that's how it is. I guess I'm kinda hooked on them. So please, give me just one biscuit, and I'll be able to think about something else!
- Neil Clarke: That makes sense [goes...” (continue) (continue reading) -
“- Ian Donnelly: If you immerse yourself into a foreign language, then you can actually rewire your brain.
- Louise Banks: Yeah, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. It's the theory that the language you speak determines how you think and...
- Ian Donnelly: Yeah, it affects how you see everything.”
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“- Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez: Man, you think too much! I bet you get straight A's and shit!
- Scotty Smalls: No, I got a B once. Well, actually it was an A minus but it should have been a B.
- Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez: Man, this is baseball, you gotta stop thinking! Just have fun. If you were having fun, you would have caught that ball!”
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“- Dr. Ouelet: You're not invulnerable. I can repair your body, but I can't protect your mind.
- Major: Why not? You can see all my thoughts, so... you should be able to secure them.”
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