“I've gone up for loads of jobs in the past that I knew were going to be terrible, and I've done my best, and I still haven't got them. So I think I've been lucky in who's decided I'd be worthy of their time.” ThinkingStillsDoneJobsPastGoneHavensTerribleLuckyDecidedWorthyLoad Author:Chris O'Dowd
“I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past the edge of your eye: startling, luminous, lovely... gone.” ThinkingMindEyePastMotherGoneSpringCrossesEdgesLovelyFleetingLuminousCardinals Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It's a distinction of confidence.” ThinkingKnowsMenMaySelfPastColorTraditionDistinctionAssuredNavyTurquoise Author:Jean Pigozzi
“I am convinced that the public, large majority of the Greek people, realize that policies pursued in the past and the market practices have to be changed, in order to improve the prospects of the Greek economy. So there is, I think, strong public support despite the increases in social tensions.” PeopleThinkingPastOrderStrongSocialRealizingPracticeSupportEconomyPolicyChangedIncreaseMajorityConvincedDespiteGreekTensionPursuedProspects Author:Lucas Papademos
“I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think about that by thinking about something from the past. How has society changed, how has policing changed, have we changed philosophically, psychologically, culturally, spiritually?” ThinkingWantPastChangedReaderNow And ThenScotland Author:Ian Rankin
“I think once you're past 30 you shouldn't wear a lot of glitter.” ThinkingPastGlitter Author:Chloe Sevigny
“I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.” ThinkingWorldPastArtistBitsBrainInformationComputer Author:Gerald Scarfe
“The one wholly true thought one can hold about the past is that it is not here. To think about it at all is therefore to think about illusions.” ThinkingLifeInspirationalPastPositiveIllusion Author:Esther Hicks
“We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.” ThinkingPastOpportunityChanceOur LivesOur PastSecond Chance Author:Jean Smart
“Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes, so Goth when I was growing up is not what it is now. When I think of Goth culture as it is at the moment I think of mall culture.” ThinkingMomentsPastCultureGrowing UpGrowingMallsGoth Author:Jhonen Vasquez
“I think in the wake of 9/11, like a lot of Americans, you know, we were all very traumatized by the attacks, traumatized in a totally different way by some of what happened afterward in response. And I think there have been these questions hovering in the past decade of, what kind of country are we? Who are we?” ThinkingKnowsWayKindHas BeensDifferentCountryPastHappenedResponseDecadesDifferent WaysHovering Author:Amy Waldman
“As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually.” ThinkingWorldChildrenPastWorryConceptsAdultsOur TimeEngagingSubmergedWorrying About The Past Author:Chris Ware
“I have some pretty wonderful friendships, so that's been really good for me. In the past year, I've really worked on that. I think when I was married, I let my friendships go. I think people thought, "Oh, because she's married now, she's so happy all the time." But I really was just isolated in my house.” PeopleThinkingYearsPastHouseWonderfulMarriedIsolatedMy FriendshipWonderful Friendship Author:Jen Kirkman
“You have to be a warrior in order to become enlightened. If you think it's tough paying the bills, think about being everywhere all at once and doing everything in all the universes, simultaneously, past, present, and future.” IfsThinkingPastOrderUniverseToughBillsWarriorEnlightenedHinduismPast PresentPast Present And Future Author:Frederick Lenz
“Little kids grow up discovering the world that's shown to them and then when you become a teenager, it kind of shrinks a little bit. I think when you get past that point, one of the important things is that you see there is more to the world than yourself.” ThinkingWorldKindLittlesImportantKidsPastGrowsBitsGrowing UpLittle BitImportant ThingsTeenagerDiscoveringLittle KidShrinksDiscovering The World Author:Kenneth Lonergan