“Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.” ThinkingWayGivingPathGuidesTrumpetsInstrumentation Author:Zach Condon
“I worry about that terribly because the public eye can bring all sorts of unwanted intrusions and problems. But he's treading his own path. I think the modeling is something that Rafferty Law sees as a pastime and something to maybe give him a bit of pocket money. He's a musician mostly. He's in college studying music, which he takes very seriously and I think that is something that he will concentrate on in the future.” ThinkingGivingProblemEyeLawBitsWorryStudyPathCollegeMusicianPocketsModelingUnwantedPastimePublic EyeIntrusionTreadingStudying Music Author:Jude Law
“It's amazing to think that there must be this river of ideas constantly rushing inside of a person, and once you've somehow found a path into it, then it's just there, whether you will it to be or not.” ThinkingPersonsIdeasFoundPathRiversRushing Author:Greg Saunier
“A relapse doesn't mean you'll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-development.” ThinkingMeanSelfCoursesWalksPathDevelopmentInevitableSelf DevelopmentRelapse Author:Philippa Perry
“Nobody would ever think, "Oh, get into acting so you can live the straight and narrow path," but it gave me a sense of discipline and focus.” ThinkingActingPathFocusDisciplineNarrow Path Author:Juliette Lewis
“As far as the path of [Bill] Goldberg and all his ultimate success, I don't think any of that was planned. It was all organic. All of it was so different.” ThinkingDifferentPathUltimateBillsUltimate Success Author:Bill Goldberg
“My work is all about creating new paths for thinking about the possibilities inherent in all art; another world is possible!” ThinkingWorldArtPathPossibilityCreatingInherentAnother WorldNew Paths Author:DJ Spooky
“The spiritual journey has to do with learning to think more deeply and take as long a time as we need. That's the path to wisdom.” ThinkingNeedsLongSpiritualPathJourneySpiritual Journey Author:Marianne Williamson
“I just find that I enjoy the music that feels like there's a journey to the top of this mountain, then you're at the top of the mountain finally with this magical feeling, and you're stoked because you made it, and you're up there, but there's a little bit of sadness to think of all that you lost along the way to get there. I guess I relate and enjoy the path and the struggle very much.” ThinkingWayFeelsLittlesMadeFeelingsLostBitsEnjoyStrugglePathJourneySadnessMountainLittle BitMade ItRelate Author:Aaron Bruno
“Some other people think that awakened consciousness is really about fullness or presence, being completely present for every moment, but these experiences are only one of the dimensions of awakened consciousness. Understanding these different dimensions as facets of awakening can help with the confusion surrounding the different spiritual paths. They're not leading to different places, but rather reflect the luminous and liberated aspects of consciousness itself. These qualities are not far away; in fact, they are right here.” PeopleThinkingDifferentMomentsFactsHelpingSpiritualUnderstandingConsciousnessQualityPathAspectAwakeningConfusionDimensionsFar AwayFullnessAwakenedLiberatedDifferent PlaceLuminousSpiritual PathFacetsDifferent Dimensions Author:Jack Kornfield
“I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz
“Two-thirds of Americans think our kids will have a worse life than we did. That is a powerful indication we are on the wrong path. I think we can change that, but I'll tell you, that's what I'm going to fight to do, and the reason so many grass-roots activists poured so much into it is they believed in our country. They believed in liberty.” ThinkingTwoCountryReasonKidsFightingPowerfulLibertyPathRootsThirdsOur CountryGrassActivistIndicationWrong Path Author:Ted Cruz
“I don't think we need to deal with just one thing. Look at where we are now compared to where we were when he [Barack Obama] walked into office. It's not a happy path.” ThinkingNeedsLooksDealsPathOne ThingOfficeBarackJust One Author:Lou Dobbs
“I think that in performing, everybody's path is so so different, that there's nobody where I think, "Oh my god, that's exactly what happened to me."” ThinkingDifferentPathHappenedPerforming Author:Kate Micucci
“As for "toothy kindness" - I think all traditions are full of this sort of tough kindness. If someone is on a wrong or dull path, and someone else startles them into awareness of that, then that's a blessing. And the method by which the startle is obtained might be anger, or satire, or an intentionally applied indifference. But that is, of course, a fine line.” IfsThinkingMightCoursesLinesKindnessPathAwarenessFineBlessingToughTraditionMethodIndifferenceDullSatireFine Lines Author:George Saunders
“I have criticized foreign policy, but that does not mean that we should agree with everything. Indeed, we criticize a lot of things, we think that our partners make many mistakes [may be we make mistakes too, no one is immune to making mistakes], but as for the economy, I repeat that, in my opinion, the European Commission and the leading European economies are acting very pragmatically and are on the right path.” ThinkingShouldMayMeanDoeActingMistakeOpinionEconomyPathPolicyAgreePartnersRepeatsMaking MistakesCriticizeForeign PolicyImmuneRight PathWe Make Mistakes Author:Vladimir Putin
“The theory that gravitational attraction is inversely proportional to the square of the distance leads by remorseless logic to the conclusion that the path of a planet should be an ellipse .... It is this logical thinking that is the real meat of the physical sciences. The social scientist keeps the skin and throws away the meat.... His theorems no more follow from his postulates than the hunches of a horse player follow logically from the latest racing news. The result is guesswork clad in long flowing robes of gobbledygook.” ThinkingShouldLongRealScienceSocialResultsPathPlayerPlanetsTheoryNewsLogicSkinsScientistHorseDistanceAttractionConclusionMeatLogicalRacingSquaresRobesTheoremsLogical ThinkingHunchesPhysical ScienceRemorselessGuesswork Author:Anthony Standen
“As Dante says in the beginning of the Inferno, 'In the midst of life's journey I found myself in a dark wood, for the right path was lost.' I think we're all doing that, in our various ways Looking for our Selves in the dark wood. I hope you find yourself on your journey.” ThinkingWaySelfFoundLostDarkPathJourneyVariousWoodsMidstFinding YourselfRight PathInfernoDark Woods Author:Christopher Vogler
“Your thoughts and actions not only influence your mood, but the moods of all you cross paths with. Thinking lovingly. Do lovingly. Be a messenger for love.” ThinkingLoveActionPathInfluenceCrossesMoodMessengersThoughts And Actions Author:Karen Salmansohn
“To me, the logical path then is where could have [Mitt] Romney maybe have won and didn't? And you look at Ohio, Florida. You're still not there. Now you have got to win either Pennsylvania or Michigan. And I think Pennsylvania is probably a little bit more doable than Michigan, but, again, neither one of those states have the Republicans won since 1988.” ThinkingLooksLittlesStillsStatesWinningBitsPathRepublicanLittle BitLogicalFloridaRomneyOhioMichiganPennsylvania Author:John Brabender
“I think that if he [Donald Trump] does really want to make gains, if he does want to find a path to those voters who are in the middle, then he needs to do different things than just do these rallies.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsDoeDifferentPathMiddleTrumpGainsDifferent ThingsVoters Author:Bill Burton
“[Donald Trump] is still pretty limited in the effect that he can have because he so disqualified himself with such a large number of voters that I don't think that there is an actual a path to victory for him. But he is at least doing a better - engaging in a better strategy than he had previously.” ThinkingStillsNumbersPathEffectsTrumpVictoryStrategyVotersEngagingLarge Numbers Author:Bill Burton
“If the question is, how do we best produce business people who can succeed in the post-Great Recession era, then I think the MBA programs and their connection to large companies remains intact but it's not the path to a "Business Brilliant" life. It's a path to a middle-class existence marked by large stretches of security and comfort with occasional eruptions that you're probably ill-prepared to handle. Do I sound too cynical?” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundExistenceCompanyClassPathMiddleSecurityProduceComfortSucceedProgramConnectionsRemainsPreparedIllBrilliantHandleErasPostsMiddle ClassCynicalOccasionalRecessionsEruptionMbaLarge CompaniesGreat RecessionMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“I think it's really important to look at the walk and not the talk, and if you look at the walk, our paths [with Hillary Clinton] are extremely divergent.” IfsThinkingLooksImportantWalksPathClintonDivergent Author:Jill Stein
“If my life is any example, the work that youth workers are doing is very, very important. It tends to get marginalized in the church or seen as less important than being a senior minister in a large, prosperous congregation; but I don't believe that for a minute. I think this is absolutely critical work in the life of the church; and I think my path in life would have been much different if it hadn't been for my youth minister, Burt Randle, and a series of campus ministers in both college and graduate school.” IfsThinkingBelieveHas BeensImportantDifferentSchoolLife IsChurchPathMinutesExampleYouthCollegeSeriesWorkersDon't BelieveCriticalMinistersGraduatesSeniorProsperousCampusCongregationMarginalizedGraduate School Author:Parker J. Palmer
“It goes without saying that there's a great deal of evil in the world, and there's a great deal of benevolence or good in the world. I think the choices that people make and the paths that people take in terms of how they explore their lives ultimately is what dictates which side of the coin you fall on.” PeopleThinkingWorldChoicesFallEvilSidesTermDealsPathCoinsBenevolenceGood In The World Author:Rupert Wyatt
“I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast in her society because she was disabled, to someone who picked herself from that despair and elevated herself within that community, and now that society accepting her as much as they formerly rejected her. People identified with that journey, overcoming an obstacle, but still triumphing.” PeopleThinkingStillsStoriesCommunityAcceptingPathJourneySpecialSubjectsDespairOvercomingObstaclesTitlesClassicRejectedPrudenceDisabledOutcastLife Path Author:Roger Ross Williams
“I think we're on the wrong path in this country and have been for a while. People are in their camps divided by region, economic situation, race, religion, ideology. And there's a lot of just staying in your camp using technology to bolster your case without actually debating with other people, without discussing.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensCountryRaceSituationCasesTechnologyPathEconomicIdeologyStayingRegionsDividedCampsDiscussingWrong Path Author:Viggo Mortensen
“I'm okay for things like theater and stuff but for film, I just didn't think in the right way and I didn't like the business. So I was unhappy. So I was in something that was moderately related to my, what I call my calling or my life's path, which is writing, but it wasn't like the right fit.” ThinkingWayWritingFilmStuffPathFitCallingOkayTheaterUnhappyRelatedRight Way Author:Robert Greene
“If you live in a society where those who govern society and determine its path do not respect freedom of speech and freedom of religion, freedom of choice, freedom of assembly, and if there is no democratic process and no way to change the order of things by reason and peace and love and so on, and if, as a result of that, certain ideas in which you believe are being crushed, then I think the only way you can defend yourself against this violence is in using violence of your own.” IfsThinkingWayBelieveIdeasReasonCertainOrderChoicesProcessResultsPathViolenceSpeechAnd LoveDemocraticDetermineFreedom Of SpeechCrushedAssemblyFreedom Of ChoicePeace And LoveFreedom Of ReligionDemocratic ProcessFreedom Of Assembly Author:Pierre Trudeau
“I think you're conditioned, especially in America, that there is this line you have to walk down. Anybody who wants to move off that path at any point in their life is my hero. Anybody who goes off that path has to wrestle with that.” ThinkingWantAmericaMovingLife IsLinesWalksPathHeroMy Hero Author:Jason Diamond
“Radical activists can't ignore the fact that we live in this world, like it or not, and have to make difficult decisions about which paths are the best - or sometimes, the least harmful. There are no abstract formulas. Have to think through each case on its own.” ThinkingWorldSometimesFactsDifficultDecisionCasesPathThis WorldRadicalAbstractActivistFormulasDifficult Decisions Author:Noam Chomsky
“Do I think reality TV is going to be a path to politics in a significant way? Eh, I don't know. Trump is a very specific case. It's really gonna be hard to replicate that.” ThinkingKnowsWayHardRealityCasesPathTvsTrumpSignificantReality TvReplicate Author:Jennifer Pozner
“We spent a fair amount of time on Ukraine. And I think there's a path that we discussed that we will follow up on in order to try to resolve some of the outstanding issues in order to fully implement Minsk.” ThinkingTryingOrderPathIssuesAmountFairsResolveOutstandingUkraineFollow Up Author:John F. Kerry
“I don't think that nature envisaged an insurmountable mechanism that would hinder any country from taking the path of democratic development.” ThinkingCountryPathDevelopmentDemocraticMechanismHinderInsurmountable Author:Garry Kasparov
“If we think that we can somehow gain control of the US government, bring it under popular, enlightened progressive control, preserve a habitable climate, and rein in the dangers of nuclear and other warfare, then we should. However, if we think it's more likely that California can achieve those goals by secession, then we should go down that path. There's no question. It's an absolute moral imperative.” IfsThinkingShouldGovernmentGoalMoralPathAchieveDangerGainsAbsolutesClimateNuclearPreservesCaliforniaEnlightenedProgressiveWarfareImperativesReinsSecession Author:David Swanson
“I think it's just having the support of our parents. Knowing that they're going to keep you on the right path and guide you.” ThinkingParentSupportKnowingPathGuidesRight Path Author:P. K. Subban
“I think the path for a young writer might be one that says, "I have to accept myself, this is what I am. I can't eradicate my defects. I can work on them."” ThinkingI CanMightYoungAcceptingPathDefectsYoung Writers Author:George Saunders
“If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is a losing proposition. That Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory comments do not really work in a national election. And I think we'll have a better chance to actually get something done.” IfsThinkingDoneRealityChancePartyPathTrumpRepublicanLosingWake UpElectionDemocraticImmigrationReformOppositionCommentSenateRhetoricCitizenshipRepublican PartyPropositionsComprehensiveImmigration ReformDerogatory Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think it's fair to say there is a demagogic path that Europeans, South Americans, Asians have pursued, and we know where that leads. It uses xenophobia, it uses paranoia, it uses prejudice, it uses nationalism to really stir people up and to, you know, begin an us-versus-them contrast, which is dangerous and is not something we've had in our politics at a presidential level in America.” PeopleThinkingKnowsUseAmericaLevelsPathDangerousFairsPrejudiceSouthPresidentialNationalismContrastVersusPursuedParanoiaXenophobia Author:Hillary Clinton
“The way people really think is not adequately analyzed by the universal categories of logic. Between social history and formal analyses of thought there is a path, a lane - maybe very narrow - which is the path of the historian of thought.” PeopleThinkingWaySocialPathLogicUniversalAnalysisCategoriesHistorianFormalLanesSocial History Author:Michel Foucault
“South Korea from a country that had relatively little primary education became close to universal literacy in the course of 25, 30 years, in a way trying to replicate what Japan had done earlier. They were learning to some extent from the Japanese experience too. So I think, in a sense, the East Asians were following a path, which all other countries including South Asia could follow but chose not too.” ThinkingWayTryingYearsLittlesCountryDoneCoursesPathUniversalSouthIncludingFollowingEastPrimariesJapanOther CountriesAsiaLiteracyKoreaReplicateSouth KoreaSouth AsiaPrimary Education Author:Amartya Sen
“I don't think that stability and the status quo go together at all, not in a flat world where people are integrated, where women are assuming new roles, where young people want to be consulted and participate. I think the trick is to open up, move down the path of reform, do it in a way that is consistent with your own society's stability and culture, and just don't think you can do nothing.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantTogetherMovingYoungCultureCan DoRolesPathAssumingTricksReformConsistentFlatsStabilityStatus QuoIntegrated Author:Thomas Friedman
“Expectations are usually predicated on the idea that the everyday things that happen to ordinary people shouldn't happen to you. People hold the idea of being ordinary in absolute contempt, so when they face an illness, poverty, or any kind of catastrophe, they say, "I can't believe this happened to me." And who did you think it was going to happen to - the woman across the street? It makes them think, "I must be on the wrong path." But what if something you thought was bad was the best thing that ever happened to you? What if that was part of your path?” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveKindI CanIdeasHappensFacesPovertyPathHappenedStreetsOrdinaryExpectationsAbsolutesEverydayIllnessBest ThingsWhat IfContemptCatastropheOrdinary PeopleWrong PathEveryday Things Author:Caroline Myss