- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thinking Quotes
How different minds work through doubt, bias, and possibility.
These quotes trace thinking through several angles: imaginative military leadership, the swing between doubt and optimism about humanity, and a writer's fear of losing the ability to work. For quotes centered on inner dialogue and identity, see Myself quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been happy doing stock work; I've never been happy thinking that I haven't changed something.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
The emphasis and value on ideas and original thinking is an innate part of British culture, and in many ways, that describes the traditions of design.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of actors, sometimes what happens I think is that actors finish a movie and they go, 'Oh my god, I'm never going to work again,' even big huge actors, and so they'll take something thinking that something else will never come along.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 20, I wrote a film on spec and sent it to the BBC. They wrote back, 'Usually, when we reject submissions, we like to offer some encouragement, but in your case, we don't see any point in you continuing.' I took it as encouragement anyway, thinking that only people who write terrible things are capable of writing great things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was finishing 'Now You See Me 2,' I remember thinking about exploring the Asian-American identity side of my brain.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have the inability to stop thinking and switch off from work at night, which causes a lot of sleeplessness.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm getting ready to write a piece now, and it's been six months thinking about it, changing the instrumentation, changing the name, doing more reading.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're concentrating on just the music, you're not thinking about anything else.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020