"A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it."

Thought, Action, Man, State

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"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Thought, Thoughts, Heaven, Words

"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Thought, Now

"Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Thought, Perception, Fault, Negativity, Mind

"Even if things were the same, people's perception of them might have been very different back then. The darkness of night was probably deeper then, so the moon must have been that much bigger and brighter."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Thought, Reflection, Philosophy, Mind

"A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

Thought, Error, May, Value

"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Thought, Beginning

"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."

Boris Yeltsin, Russian Statesman

Thought, People, Thoughts, Gold

"I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness."

bell hooks, American Critic

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"By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime."

Edward Livingston, American Judge

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"Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem."

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"One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes."

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"When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different."

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"Beginnings are always messy."

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"A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else."

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"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

"Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found."

"Even if things were the same, people's perception of them might have been very different back then. The darkness of night was probably deeper then, so the moon must have been that much bigger and brighter."

"A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value."

"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."

"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."

"I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness."

"By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime."

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"Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem."

"One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes."

"When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different."

"Beginnings are always messy."

"He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral."

"The French cook; we open tins."

"Headlines twice the size of the events."

"The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy."

"Love has no age, no limit; and no death."

"A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else."