“I've traveled everywhere, and it's been amazing. I used to think taking a flight was kind of a big deal, you know? I'm from the valleys of South Wales and when my family used to go on holiday, it was a big thing. Packing the bags, checking in, not losing your passport, going through customs, the X-ray machine, all that stuff used to be quite an intense thing. Now it's like catching a bus, I don't even think about it.” ThinkingKnowsKindBigsUsedStuffDealsGoes OnLosingMy FamilyMachinesSouthIntenseFlightUsed To BeHolidayBagsCustomsBusValleysRaysTraveledBig ThingsBig DealCatchingPassportsWalesPacking Author:Luke Evans
“[Puerto Rico] losing not just taxpayers, but professionals, people who are vital to their communities. I don't think that is good. So undoubtedly, if what we are facing in Puerto Rico in terms of budget and debt goes on, if it continues, it would be a disaster for the island.” PeopleIfsThinkingWould BeTermCommunityGoes OnLosingDebtDisasterBudgetsIslandsTaxpayersPuerto RicoRico Author:Marco Rubio
“I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldKindGoes OnSubjective Author:Charlie Kaufman
“Do you really think I'm going to go on record telling you the craziest thing I've ever done. There's a reel in my brain, and I think I'll keep it there. No regrets, though.” ThinkingDoneBrainRecordsRegretGoes OnNo RegretsCraziest Author:Julianne Malveaux
“I think the biggest problem working with me would be that I'm an only child, and so I have an internal dialogue that goes on that I just assume you can hear.” ThinkingChildrenProblemWould BeGoes OnAssumingDialogueInternalsOnly Child Author:Maynard James Keenan
“We're going to go to the moon. We're going to go on to Mars. We're going to set up a base on the moon. OK, but no money to pay for it, nothing in the budget for it. And so the decision made at that time was to cancel the whole shuttle program to save money, which I think was very, very short sighted.” ThinkingMadeWholeDecisionPayGoes OnMoonProgramBudgetsMarsNo MoneySaving MoneyDecisions MadeShort SightedShuttle Program Author:John Glenn
“That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was running the show at the time, had a lot of really interesting ideas for what was going to happen the second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons, and they had it really planned out what was going to go on. But CBS just decided to pull the plug on it.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasShowsHappensRunningInterestingGoes OnDecidedThirdsSeasonsSeriesFourthReally GreatFifthReally InterestingThresholdPlugsInteresting Ideas Author:Brent Spiner
“I think there's a good case for antinatalism. Stephen Hawking has told us recently that we must colonise space to survive, not long after telling us to beware of aliens because they'll probably just do to us as the conquistadors did to the native peoples of the Americas. So . . . exactly why do we want to go on and on, to go forth and multiply in a hostile final frontier? Why?” ThinkingWantLongSpaceCasesGoes OnFinalsAliensNativeHostileFrontiersConquistadors Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“When you look at this, I think that there's been such a hard push on this. The reason they're called DREAMers is because that's the most sympathetic term that could be applied to among all of these DREAMers, there are some awfully bad people. And these dreamers go on to the age of 37 or 38 or maybe older.” PeopleThinkingLooksHardReasonAgeTermGoes OnDreamerSympatheticBad People Author:Steve King
“I think as time goes on that generation of rappers who's making it now is gonna face the same thing that my generation was facing, which is the decrease of sales. The decrease of hard-copies.” ThinkingHardFacesGenerationsGoes OnCopiesRapperMy GenerationDecreaseTime Goes On Author:RZA
“I could go on and on about how the statements and concepts that used to depress me now bring me joy, but that is not easily understood for people who think the way I used to think and believe what I used to believe.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveUsedJoyGoes OnUnderstoodConceptsStatementsDepressing Author:Byron Katie
“I'm not just going to go on these fishing expeditions. I didn't do that with President Obama. We didn't go through this with President [Barack] Obama. I think the world and certainly the American voters understand that Donald Trump has mass holdings. He's worth billions of dollars. He's been very successful in business. And I think the American voters understood that when they voted him in.” ThinkingWorldPresidentSuccessfulGoes OnTrumpMassUnderstoodDollarsBillionsBarackFishingVotersPresident ObamaPresident Barack ObamaExpeditionsAmerican Voters Author:Jason Chaffetz
“There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are floating around. People construct them and fight with them and criticize them, and the world goes on. I don't think the stars pay much attention.” PeopleThinkingWorldDreamFightingStarsPayAttentionGoes OnCriticizeAmerican HistoryConstructsFloating Author:John Edgar Wideman
“I'm a weirdo that goes on stage to make strangers laugh, but if I wasn't working, I would just want to be with my wife and kids. I don't even think I'd want to go out to dinner.” IfsThinkingWantKidsLaughingWifeStageGoes OnStrangerDinnerMy WifeWeirdoMy Wife And Kids Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I think the Mexican government is going to be forced to at least be more aware of what goes on in the [Donald] Trump administration than they were in the [Barack] Obama administration.” ThinkingGovernmentGoes OnTrumpAdministrationBarackMexican Author:Mark Halperin
“Kids want to be professional footballers and I think they need to know what it takes to get there - you know, the dedication. People see footballers playing on a Saturday afternoon in front of the TV cameras, but from a Monday to Friday people don't really see what goes on.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsKidsFrontsTvsGoes OnCamerasAfternoonDedicationSaturdayMondayFridayFootballerSaturday Afternoon Author:John Terry
“People think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It's not very helpful. What's more constructive for our kids is to go on a case-by-case basis, evaluating particular policies.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldKidsCasesPolicyParticularGoes OnBasesHelpfulConstructive Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“[Malcolm X] had said a great deal about nonviolence, criticizing nonviolence, and saying that I approved of Negro men and women being bitten by dogs and the fire hoses, and I say, say go on and not defend yourself. I think this kind of response grew out of the build up, all of the talk about my being a sort of polished Uncle Tom.” ThinkingMenKindSaidDealsFireDogGrewGoes OnMen And WomenResponseCriticizeNonviolenceTomsUnclesApprovedPolishedUncle Tom Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“People might like to think a war is done when a cease fire is signed, but for most people who lived through a war it goes on for decades.” PeopleThinkingWarDoneMightFireGoes OnDecadesCease Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“I think as time goes on, I'm trying to get less fatalistic, because that's just one of those unhealthy, kind of dangerous head spaces to get in, of not being able to tolerate sustained positive energy.” ThinkingTryingKindAbleEnergySpaceDangerousGoes OnJust OneTolerateUnhealthyPositive EnergyTime Goes On Author:Emma Stone
“I think that everything should be a stepping stone for something bigger and better and if there is something bigger then why not go on after it?” IfsThinkingShouldGoes OnStonesBiggerWhy NotStepping StonesBigger And Better Author:Kai Greene
“In one way, we're on an upward swing, but at the same time there's still a lot of evil that goes on in the world. I think it's definitely heading in a better direction, but it seems to take so long for all the people with the power, who control the negative side of life and all the bad inventions they have like guns and bombs and hate. But there has to be a balance. We've got to all try harder to manifest more love in order to counteract all that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayTryingLongStillsSeemsHateOrderEvilSidesGoes OnBalanceGunNegativeHarderInventionOne WayBombsManifestSwingsHeadings Author:George Harrison
“I think there are people that still hold on that like Heavy Metal like a bit of what is going on now, but it isn't all of what they love and which goes on and it's the same with me... There's still a lot of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke songs that I still happen to like a lot, but then there are a lot of Madonna and... a lot of the female singers that I like as well, but it's like liking it with different emotions, you know.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsStillsDifferentHappensSongBitsEmotionGoes OnFemaleHeavySingersRaysMetalsHeavy MetalDifferent EmotionsSam CookeFemale Singers Author:Tina Turner
“I don't think about how going to be the match. I think about try to do the right things to win. I don't think about how easy can say or how tough can say. I go on court. I try my best.” ThinkingTryingWinningEasyGoes OnToughCourtRight Thing Author:Rafael Nadal
“I definitely think that since I've become born again, if you understand in the supernatural realm the spiritual warfare that goes on everyday, I've had far greater challenges on a personal level than before I became a Christian.” IfsThinkingChristianSpiritualBornChallengesLevelsGreaterGoes OnEverydayRealmsWarfareBorn AgainSpiritual Warfare Author:Stephen Baldwin
“We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are: you're an adult, you're supposed to manage, you're supposed to get over it, you're supposed to go on with your life, and you feel like a lost child.” ThinkingFeelsChildrenStoriesKidsLostGoes OnAdultsManageOver ItGet OverOrphanProtagonistsLost Child Author:Sandra Cisneros
“What's neat about TV is you get really rich, an opportunity to tell really rich stories over the course of 20 hours. Film is cool because it's an hour and a half to two hours. You go on an adventure and by the end it's all cleaned up. Maybe in a franchise you have three chapters of a great story but in TV you can really get deep. You have more time to tell stories so I would definitely not rule out doing television in the future because I think it's a great medium for telling stories.” ThinkingTwoEndsStoriesFilmThreeCoursesOpportunityHoursHalfRichTelevisionAdventureTvsGoes OnMediumsMore TimeChaptersGet RealNeatTelling Stories Author:Chris Pratt
“I don't think that the universal themes of love, compassion, and forgiveness (are present). (You're) searching constantly for the next step, the next level and consciousness in your spirituality, who you are as a human being and what you contribute to society or what God means to you is always a course everyone goes on.” ThinkingHumansMeanSpiritualityCoursesNextHuman BeingsLevelsConsciousnessCompassionStepsGoes OnUniversalWho You AreThemeNext StepsNext LevelUniversal Themes Author:Tim McGraw
“That's a very, very touchy subject, domestic violence. I think women don't realize is it's something that's very prevalent. It goes on, on a daily basis.” ThinkingRealizingViolenceSubjectsGoes OnBasesDomestic ViolenceTouchy Author:LaToya Jackson
“Trump has to do what Reagan did. Trump's gotta go on the air and tell us what his tax plan is and put it in our faces and put them on the spot. That's what I think he should do.” ThinkingShouldFacesPlansAirGoes OnTrumpTaxesSpots Author:Scott Baio
“I'm no expert on pornography. The core element of it, I think, is degradation of women, whatever else goes on. I don't think it should be outlawed, but I'm not in favor of the degradation of anybody.” ThinkingShouldGoes OnElementsFavorsCoreExpertsPornographyDegradation Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think people want to see a hero. It's interesting that with everything that goes on now from shootings to everything, as time goes on, I'm just starting to realize just how bad people want to see a regular hero.” PeopleThinkingWantRealizingInterestingGoes OnHeroStartingShootingBad PeopleTime Goes On Author:Lil Rel Howery
“I think that is one of the first things that I got clear in my mind when I began to play around with fiction, that I had to find a language and it was not in existance at the time. You have put it very well - it wasn't to be taken for granted. You had to go on and search until you found a way through the conversation of English and Igbo. The two languages stuck into each other and tried to find a way to express through one, the medium of the thoughts. That's a very exciting thing to do, a very difficult thing to do.” ThinkingWayMindFirstsWellsTwoPlayFoundLanguageDifficultFictionTakenClearGoes OnConversationExcitingStuckMediumsGrantedThings To DoDifficult ThingsTaken For GrantedExciting Things Author:Chinua Achebe
“I've discovered that, in order for life to go on, you have to believe in necessary fantasies such as what you think is going to happen next week will actually happen, the people who are alive right now will be alive next week.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHappensOrderNextFantasyAliveWeekGoes OnRight NowNext Week Author:Decca Aitkenhead
“I'm not the kind of person that's so self-confident that I would ever think I had recorded anything great. I know that whenever we finish an album and turn it in, I know that in my deepest heart of hearts that we did the best that we could. Only time goes on to tell what I will think of it 10 years later or if people will listen to it forever or if people will get tired of it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsHeartKindPersonsSelfTurnsForeverGoes OnTiredAlbumsOnly TimeSelf ConfidentTime Goes On Author:Jim James
“Today, we're struggling a lot, both men and women, with finding out what we're supposed to be. Like when you go on a first date, I always find it incredibly difficult to figure out whether I should reach for the check or not. I don't want to presume anything, but I don't want to be a ball-buster. A lot of rules are thrown up into the air and I think that maybe more than anything, we're confused.” ThinkingMenWantShouldFirstsTodayDifficultStruggleAirFiguresGoes OnFindingsMen And WomenBallsChecksSupposed To BeConfusedThrownFirst DateBusters Author:Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
“Many of the American cartoonists that want to have a job and go so much for the total right without thinking, sometimes they get a slap on the face when their politician lets them down. So it goes on and on. The thing is staying in the middle and not getting committed, trying to get the best of both and do that with a sense of humor.” ThinkingWantTryingSometimesJobsFacesMiddleGoes OnPoliticianCommittedStayingSense Of HumorSlapCartoonist Author:Sergio Aragones
“I often think that the reason capitalism hasn't completely destroyed everything is that a huge amount of anti-capitalist endeavor goes on, from labors of love, nurture, friendship, and barter to gift economies and different kinds of exchanges, not just one alternate model but a whole host of other ways in which we engage with each other and with the world that aren't financial and debt-based.” ThinkingWorldWayKindDifferentReasonWholeEconomyHugeGoes OnAmountModelsCapitalismLaborFinancialDebtDestroyedJust OneEndeavorHostCapitalistDifferent KindsNurtureLabor Of Love Author:Rebecca Solnit
“Tolerance has been a very important feature of Christianity from its very roots, despite all the other things that have gone on since. And that, I think, must be the global perspective. Tolerance implies more than saying, "Well, let the Muslims go on with what they are doing." It also means trying to learn something from them and adding that to your own tradition. That is the attitude I think needs to inform the global citizen of the future.” ThinkingNeedsTryingWellsMeanHas BeensImportantAttitudeChristianityGonePerspectiveGoes OnCitizensTraditionRootsToleranceDespiteFeaturesGlobal Citizen Author:Ninian Smart
“I think it might be harder for a young comic because there's so much more competition. There's more people trying to do it and there are less rooms. Seriously. The way people do anything now is by getting press - some scandal. It's awful. Somebody has to go on a rooftop with a rifle and they get their own sitcom. It's disgusting.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingMightYoungRoomsGoes OnHarderPressesCompetitionAwfulComicDisgustingScandalSitcomRiflesRooftops Author:Judy Tenuta
“I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying.” PeopleThinkingTryingWishGoes OnAgreeSaintDefinitionsSinnerThink Of Me Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don't have that much respect for Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war - a lot of people aren't about war.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveMadeWarProblemMotivationalDecisionGoes OnDon't BelieveSolve Author:Avril Lavigne
“I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine.” ThinkingTryingTwoHoursChallengesAudienceFrontsFineGoes OnGoing OutAbsolutely Nothing Author:Colin Mochrie
“I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.” IfsThinkingKnowsActorsLinesComedyGoes OnGeniusTidesAuditionsTidy Author:Amy Poehler
“When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.” ThinkingYearsHelpingShowsAgeSpiritFatherMy OwnExampleGoes OnMissionsMissionaryRecallsThirteenMissionary Work Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“I have no control over the audience. I have no idea what they think. My heart's pure. I can't do anything. I really can't do anything. I don't know what goes on in the crowd.” ThinkingKnowsHeartI CanIdeasAudienceGoes OnMy HeartPureCrowdsNo Idea Book:Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Source: Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.” ThinkingKindGoes OnLive LifeInteraction Author:Keanu Reeves
“I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing.” ThinkingKnowsKindFilmYoungGoes OnEndlessMediumsFilmmakerHere I AmReinventing Author:Alan Rickman
“With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.” ThinkingHandsMistakeAttitudeSawsStageGoes OnIncludingLipsTongueDuesHipsLeapIdolsCheeksJaggerTongue In CheekHands On Hips Author:Grace Slick
“Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or fishing off my island in the Seychelles. When I come back and re-read it, I think: 'What was all that about, Smith? It's fine, just get on with it.'” ThinkingBookSeriousFineGoes OnSouthIslandsFishingSouth AfricaHalfwaySafari Author:Wilbur Smith