“I happen to be kind of an inquisitive guy and when I see things I don't like, I start thinking, why do they have to be like this and how can I improve them?” ThinkingKindHappensGuyBe KindInquisitive Author:Walt Disney
“In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds.” ThinkingKindWorryDisasterAll Kinds Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“I wake up fairly early every day, by 8, for sure. Sunday is a lighter writing day than the weekdays, but I still wake up and write for about an hour, beginning right around 8. I definitely have coffee first, and then I start writing. I do think it's kind of hard to get the right level of concentration without coffee.” ThinkingWritingFirstsKindStillsHardHoursLevelsWake UpCoffeeConcentrationSundayLightersWeekdays Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“There are phony teachers who profess all kinds of things, and I think you will figure out real fast who they are. They just don't feel right.” ThinkingFeelsKindRealTeacherFiguresAll KindsEnlightenedFeels RightPhony Author:Frederick Lenz
“You never think you're on the verge of disaster while you're looking over the edge yourself. It's your friends and family who are trying to get you to stop destroying yourself and after a while it kind of sank in and I just cleaned up my act.” ThinkingTryingKindDrugEdgesAlcoholDisasterDestroyingFamily And FriendsVergeOver The EdgeDestroying Yourself Author:Johnny Depp
“I'm the kind of person that thinks that you should get what you deserve in what you show, with actions, not with words.” ThinkingShouldKindPersonsShowsActionDeserveMmaWhat You Deserve Author:Cub Swanson
“When I was younger I was very opinionated about art. And then, I realized that I kind of recognized this pattern where the things that I was vehemently of pissed off about, I would end up loving them two years later. So I just tried to mellow out. Like there's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.” ThinkingYearsKindArtTwoEndsUsedSkinsPatternsI RealizedSillyTwo YearsPissed OffMellowOpinionated Author:Joe Bradley
“I usually make up stories for my kids.I like to tell them stories and make up any kind of crazy to involve them in characters. The kind of fairytales I don't like are the ones with happy endings, where there's just good and evil and things are perfect. I think when there's a good story for children it has a moral tale, so that's what I try to teach my kids.” ThinkingTryingKindChildrenCharacterStoriesKidsEvilPerfectMoralTeachCrazyTalesGood And EvilHappy EndingsGood StoryFairytale Author:Angelina Jolie
“I don't want to paint myself as some kind of saint - that would be laughable - but I do think I've been able over the years to write humanely about subjects who are controversial and even contemptible. I've profiled pedophiles, stalkers, serial rapists, prison gang members and corrupt politicians.” ThinkingWantWritingYearsKindWould BeAbleSubjectsPoliticianMembersPrisonPaintSaintGangControversialSerialsLaughableGang Members Author:Robert Draper
“I'm thinking waiters and waitresses are going to be bracing for more customers coming in going, not just kind of where is that beef from, but, like, where is that vanilla from and what's up with that sunflower oil? Is it organic or not and how many pesticides?” ThinkingKindCustomersOilBeefWaiterWaitressVanillaSunflowerPesticides Author:Michael Moss
“We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire. I like that image. There has to be a unifying theory. I think there is a continuity of some kind, that my love for my wife will go on past the death of my body. Nature is perfect.” ThinkingKindBodyPastPerfectFireWifeTheoryGoes OnMy WifeAshesContinuityUnifyingEmbers Author:William Shatner
“You need a sanctuary. Somewhere where it doesn't feel like it's being tainted by everybody's opinions and other people's money. I think I'm kind of homesick right now.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsKindOpinionRight NowSanctuaryHomesickTainted Author:Mikky Ekko
“I think once everything is in place, once you've kind of wrapped your head around the story and the character, it's very liberating and you can start doing things like you would do.” ThinkingKindCharacterStoriesLike YouLiberating Author:Michiel Huisman
“If you are disappearing from yourself, but you're still writing, then there is a kind of activity of thinking going on, which in my world is similar to what's going on in music.” IfsThinkingWorldWritingKindStillsActivityDisappear Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“You don’t think when you play music, you just try to play and be in it. It is the same for me when the writing is going really well. It’s the same kind of feeling. I’m just in it. It’s not the words, it’s not the sentences, I’m not aware of it. Then it’s good.” ThinkingWritingTryingWellsKindPlayFeelingsSentences Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“Even if you're not a parent, you have parents and you've been in those situations where there's a certain kind of goodbye - nothing this extreme exists, but I think that's what everyone holds onto, that common denominator that runs through this that everyone can understand.” IfsThinkingKindRunningCertainParentCommonSituationExtremesGoodbyeCommon Denominator Author:Jonathan Nolan
“We're going to leave this planet at some point further than we have, we're going to go beyond the moon, we're going to go to mars. We all kind of know that on some level, I think actually. So there's an inevitability to human evolution, this being the next step.” ThinkingKnowsHumansKindNextLevelsStepsPlanetsEvolutionMoonAll KindsMarsNext StepsInevitabilityHuman Evolution Author:Jonathan Nolan
“I think a good director can embrace any genre and it's the kind of thing where you always want to do something different. You always want to challenge yourself.” ThinkingWantKindDifferentChallengesDirectorsEmbraceGenreChallenge YourselfGood Directors Author:David Ayer
“I just wait because I think people will find me. And I’m not the kind of person who will knock on somebody’s door. I wait. If they’re good for me, they will come towards me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindPersonsWaitingDoorsFind Me Author:Ann Demeulemeester
“I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.” ThinkingGivingKindSongRightsEqualAll KindsEqual Rights Author:Jules Shear
“I'm kind of a disciplined person but I don't take anything too seriously. And I think a lot of that had to do with the raising my parents gave me and my sister - Veronica Cartwright, who's an actress in her own right.” ThinkingKindPersonsParentDisciplineActressesMy Sister Author:Angela Cartwright
“I would never design anything. I just think that's kind of wack. I hated every rapper fashion line that ever came out, you know what I'm saying? I would never try.” ThinkingKnowsTryingKindLinesFashionDesignHatedRapper Author:Danny Brown
“I’m not a gun owner and, as I think as is the case for the more than half the people in the country who also aren’t gun owners, that means that for me guns are alien. In the current rhetorical climate people seem not to want to say: I think guns are kind of scary and don’t want to be around them.” PeopleThinkingWantKindMeanCountrySeemsHalfCasesGunClimateCurrentsScaryAliensOwnersRhetoricalGun Owners Author:Josh Marshall
“I think the great sketch shows, like 'Python' and 'Mr. Show,' they didn't stick around for very long. There's something kind of cool about that.” ThinkingKindLongShowsSticksPythonMr Show Author:Tim Heidecker
“Balance and control come from healthy anger. This is just as aggressive as the unhealthy kind. But it is based on a belief and hope for change in social roles and institutions. Healthy anger demands change and creates the confrontations needed for change to occur. It also gives the other an opportunity to help make that change. “Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.” ThinkingGivingKindFactsHelpingCoursesOpportunityBeliefSocialRolesRevolutionNeededBalanceHealthyDemandDeterminationTasksInstitutionsDefinitionsAggressiveAfflictionConfrontationUnhealthySocial Roles Author:Barbara Deming
“I thought of all the different kinds of love in the world. I could think of ten without even trying. The way parents love their kids, the way you love a puppy or chocolate ice cream or home or your favorite book or your sister. Or your uncle. There's those kinds of love and then there's the other kind. The falling kind.” ThinkingWorldWayTryingKindBookDifferentHomeKidsFallParentTenIceChocolateDifferent KindsCreamUnclesIce CreamPuppyKinds Of LoveYour FavoriteParents LoveFavorite BookChocolate Ice CreamDifferent Kinds Of Love Author:Carol Rifka Brunt
“I love fortune readings! because when I get in troubles, if the reading says that I am in a lucky day, I can think my troubles are just some kind of mistakes, and if the reading says that I am in the unlucky day, I can think that my troubles are just because of my bad luck. Either ways, I can know the reason of my troubles.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayKindI CanReasonReadingMistakeTroubleLuckyLuckFortuneBad LuckUnluckyLucky Day Author:Hiroko Sakai
“There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important. If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsFeelsKindMeanImportantNextSuccessfulTeacherTelevisionMagazinesMaking MoneyBeing SuccessfulThings In LifeNext DayReally Mean Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Typically, we see an upsurge in anti-abortion violence . . . when the anti-abortion movement kind of thinks it was on the verge of victory, and then finds itself somehow thwarted. . . . When there’s frustration among the anti-abortion forces, violence often results.” ThinkingKindForceResultsViolenceMovementVictoryAbortionFrustrationVergeAnti Abortion Author:Michelle Goldberg
“I think beauty is youth; it's energy. I'm attracted to imperfection, style, confidence, and experimentation. So beauty, to me, is really a lot of things. It's kind of unexpected-what surprises you.” ThinkingKindEnergyStyleYouthSurpriseUnexpectedImperfectionExperimentation Author:Marc Jacobs
“There is a secret, I think. When you are front of a camera there is something that happens. Some relationship, some movement, some strange kind of suspension. That's where you find the layer in yourself that is duplicated in everyone. And when you get it right, if you can imagine all the hearts beating in one beat, it's like that. It's beautiful.” IfsThinkingHeartKindHappensBeautifulSecretImagineFrontsMovementStrangeBeatsCamerasLayersHeart BeatSuspensionHeart Beating Author:Juliette Binoche
“I didn't invent the rainy day, man. I just own the best umbrella. That’s one of my favorite lines of all time. It’s from a movie called Almost Famous. I think what it means is that life is going to throw all kinds of stuff at you, good and bad. But all you can do is get out there and try to stay dry.” ThinkingMenTryingKindMeanLife IsStuffCan DoLinesMy FavoriteAll KindsAll TimeDryGood And BadRainyUmbrellaRainy Day Author:Valerie Thomas
“I was a misfit, but I think most teenagers feel that way. I don't care if you were a popular jock or the kid who spent his lunch hours in a stairwell reading a book, we all seem to have dealt with insecurities of one kind or another throughout our high school years.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsYearsKindBookSeemsCareKidsSchoolReadingHoursHigh SchoolDon't CareTeenagerI Don't CareInsecurityLunchMisfitsJocksSchool Years Author:Charles de Lint
“Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other advantages, than the manner in which they are distributed and the kind of men who have the largest share.” ThinkingMenKindWealthShareAdvantageDignityProvidenceTrifling Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“How hard is it to build an intelligent machine? I don't think it's so hard, but that's my opinion, and I've written two books on how I think one should do it. The basic idea I promote is that you mustn't look for a magic bullet. You mustn't look for one wonderful way to solve all problems. Instead you want to look for 20 or 30 ways to solve different kinds of problems. And to build some kind of higher administrative device that figures out what kind of problem you have and what method to use.” ThinkingWayWantShouldLooksKindTwoBookIdeasDifferentHardUseProblemOpinionWonderfulWrittenMagicFiguresHigherMachinesIntelligentMethodSolveDevicesArtificial IntelligenceDifferent KindsBulletsAdministrativeIntelligent Machines Author:Marvin Minsky
“Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some with cruel, masters) and should probably starve if we got out of our cage. That is one horn of the dilemma. But in an increasingly planned society, how much of what I value can survive? That is the other horn.” IfsThinkingShouldKindRealLyingValuesAnimalStepsMastersCagesHornsDilemmaTamed Author:C. S. Lewis
“For those that have said I seemed dickish to some of the nuttier guests on Joe Rogan Questions Everything - guilty as charged. As the season wore on I lost my patience with some of those folks unfortunately. I think I overdosed on ridiculous/likely fake stories. I certainly learned a lot about the kind of people that invest a large portion of their life on fringe subjects - they're all white. I think there's something interesting about the subjects, (UFOS, etc) but the study of them has often been overrun by silly thinking.” PeopleThinkingKindSaidStoriesLostWhiteInterestingStudySubjectsSeasonsFolksRidiculousSillyGuiltyFakeEtcGuestsPortionsFringeUfoSomething Interesting Author:Joe Rogan
“Except during my childhood, when I was probably influenced by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel depiction of God with a flowing white beard, I have never tried to project the Creator in any kind of human likeness. The vociferous debates about whether God is male or female seem ridiculous to me. I think of God as an omnipotent and omniscient presence, a spirit that permeates the universe, the essence of truth, nature, being, and life. To me, these are profound and indescribable concepts that seem to be trivialized when expressed in words.” ThinkingHumansKindGodSeemsSpiritUniverseWhiteChildhoodProjectsConceptsFemaleEssenceProfoundMalesCreatorDebateRidiculousBeardOmnipotentIndescribableChapelOmniscientDepictionSistine Chapel Book:Living Faith Source: Living Faith
“It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can kind of say 'I really like that band' and then if you're forced to fill up the rest of an article, you've got to start saying heady things. It's much easier to say negative things in a review.” IfsThinkingWritingKindHardLike YouEasierBandNegativeCriticsReviewsArticles Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so laughable, especially with actors.” PeopleThinkingNeedsKindI CanYoungActorsCan DoLaughable Author:Will Arnett
“I have nothing against Canada. I think that Canadians might know the secret to all existence, but to us it just comes off as timid and kind and too nice, and it strikes us as lacking edge. Unless you are hijacking someone and going on a reality show with your eight kids and wearing a velour pink pantsuit, then you have no edge to us.” ThinkingKnowsKindShowsRealityMightKidsSecretExistenceNiceEdgesEightStrikesCanadaLackingReality ShowsToo NiceHijacking Author:Sloane Crosley
“I'm not a perfectionist, but I like discipline. I'm obedient, but I'm not a perfectionist. I think it's important to work your hardest and be as kind as possible to everyone you work with. The goal, every day, is keeping focused on that.” ThinkingKindImportantGoalDisciplineFocusedHardestObedientPerfectionist Author:Natalie Portman
“I still have my "Anarchy in the UK" 7" [ Sex Pistols single]. I'm sure it gave us a context to think about as well as a kind of kick in the ass. But we had all been playing for years at that point.” ThinkingYearsWellsKindStillsSexAssKicksAnarchyPistolsSex Pistols Author:David First
“I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.” ThinkingWayKindSometimesDoubtCrisisWay Forward Author:Paul Weller
“I think people respect me because they feel like - I'm kind of like Christmas. I come back every year. You can't get rid of me. I just keep coming back.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYearsKindComing BackRespect Me Author:David Hasselhoff
“My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz and stuff. He was a hipster. My parents were kind of beatnik-y, you know, for Salt Lake City. But my humor, I think, came from wanting to disarm people before they hit me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindBigsWantedStuffParentCitiesLordComedyFansDadJazzMy DadLakesSaltHipsterBeatnikSalt Lake City Author:Judd Apatow
“I think there's a kind of built-in arrogance to anyone who considers themself an artist. They want to feel as though like they can run the whole spectrum. "I can do it all. I can do minimalism, and I can do classical art." Well, that's not true.” ThinkingWantFeelsWellsKindArtI CanWholeRunningArtistCan DoBuiltArroganceSpectrumMinimalismI Can Do ItClassical Art Author:Sylvester Stallone
“I never quite trust futurists because I think they're kind of telling us what they think our future should be.” ThinkingShouldKindOur FutureNever QuitFuturist Author:Gloria Steinem
“What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.” ThinkingNeedsKindDreamActionFormValuesKindnessViolenceTalentConflictAmbitionEverydayResolutionNurturingConflict ResolutionUsing Your Talents Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'll never forget my high school acting teacher, Anthony Abeson, who said, "It starts with the shoes." When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them? If I'm going to put on a dress for a role - I don't care if it's the hardest dress to put on - I have to put the shoes on first. The physicality leads me to the character.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindDoeSaidCharacterCareSchoolWalksForgetActingRolesTeacherHigh SchoolDressesShoesDon't CareHardestI Don't CareNever ForgetLeading MePhysicalityActing Teachers Author:Jennifer Aniston