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Thought Quotes

"Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry."

"Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

Thought, Enemy, Instinct, Lies

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"I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines."

"I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

Thought, Shakespeare

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"I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good."

"I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good."

Brian May, English Musician

Thought, Pretty

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"Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts."

"Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts."

William Shenstone, English Poet

Thought, Thoughts

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"The other was the best recovered in his condition; and being now pretty well, was appointed nurse to the rest of the sick. Next to oranges, I thought the cyder had the best effects."

"The other was the best recovered in his condition; and being now pretty well, was appointed nurse to the rest of the sick. Next to oranges, I thought the cyder had the best effects."

James Lind, Scottish Scientist

Thought, Being, Now, Pretty

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"Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero."

"Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

Thought, People

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"I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?"

"I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?"

Johnny Unitas, American Athlete

Thought, Ability, Confidence, Play

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"It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling."

"It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling."

Arthur E. Waite, British Occultist

Thought, Acting, Day, First

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"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead."

"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead."

Robert Brault, American Author

Thought, Optimism

14

"There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players."

"There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players."

Stephen Stills, American Musician

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"I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof."

"I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof."

Clyde Tombaugh, American Scientist

Thought, Proof, Right

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"Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them."

"Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them."

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

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"My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical in the air. There's always this cloudy, moody sky and it's challenging."

"My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical in the air. There's always this cloudy, moody sky and it's challenging."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Thought, First, Irish, Sky

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"And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession."

"And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

Thought, Dancing, Profession, Want

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"Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write."

"Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write."

William Cobbett, English Politician

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"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."

"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

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"Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him."

"Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him."

Jennifer Connelly, American Actress

Thought, Diaries, Water

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"I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out."

"I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out."

David Prowse, British Actor

Thought, Rights

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"I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning."

"I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning."

Bill Kreutzmann, American Musician

Thought, Decision

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"I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance."

"I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance."

David Kay, American Scientist

Thought, Apology, Reality, World

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"I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba."

"I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba."

Pete Waterman, English Producer

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"The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more."

"The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more."

Charles Perrault, French Author

Thought, Brothers, Poor, Wrong

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"Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still."

"Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still."

Frederick William Faber, British Theologian

Thought, Thoughts, Being, Deeds, Thinking

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"I have trouble voicing my thoughts... I can't communicate very well that way."

"I have trouble voicing my thoughts... I can't communicate very well that way."

Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese Musician

Thought, Thoughts, Trouble

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"Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much."

"Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Thought, Virtue, Vice

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"And so there I was living in California from Brooklyn, New York, and it was this whole new world for me and I was meeting vegetarians. I thought, let me try this vegetarian thing. I got really into that."

"And so there I was living in California from Brooklyn, New York, and it was this whole new world for me and I was meeting vegetarians. I thought, let me try this vegetarian thing. I got really into that."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

Thought, Living, Meeting, World

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"I never thought I'd get a chance to sing with Wilson Pickett but we did."

"I never thought I'd get a chance to sing with Wilson Pickett but we did."

Eddie Floyd, American Musician

Thought, Chance

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"I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could."

"I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could."

Robert Sheckley, American Author

Thought, Heroes, Man

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"I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought."

"I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Thought, Thoughts, Day

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"I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though I've been sometimes compared to those other guys. We're after different game."

"I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though I've been sometimes compared to those other guys. We're after different game."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

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"I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded."

"I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

Thought, Civilization, Idea, Christian

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"I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened."

"I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

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"She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.'"

"She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.'"

Amy Tan, American Novelist

Thought, Dumb, Want

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"Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it."

"Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

14

"Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that."

"Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that."

Imogen Cunningham, American Photographer

Thought, People

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"I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others."

"I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

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"The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers."

"The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers."

Paul Dirac, British Physicist

Thought, Numbers, Physics

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"I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever."

"I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever."

Barbara Cook, American Musician

Thought, Desire, Quitting

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"I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism."

"I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism."

Aaron McGruder, American Artist

Thought, Journalism, News, Want

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"That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you know, but we didn't. I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other... and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain."

"That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you know, but we didn't. I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other... and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

Thought, Fantasy, Years

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"The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college."

"The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Thought, Enthusiasm, College, Wishing

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"True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense."

"True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense."

Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish Scientist

Thought, Charity, Desire

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"Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace."

"Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace."

John Tyler, American President

Thought, May, Popularity

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"Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me."

"Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me."

Lee Atwater, American Politician

Thought, People

14

"Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket."

"Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket."

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

Thought, Thoughts, Man

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"Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail."

"Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail."

David Hare, English Playwright

Thought, Knowledge, Wind

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"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel."

"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

Thought, Knowledge, Mankind, Wind

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"If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?"

"If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?"

Warren Ellis, British Author

Thought, Thoughts, Television

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"I've always thought that less was a lot more."

"I've always thought that less was a lot more."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

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"The ill effects of thought come about when we forget that thought is a function of our consciousness... an ability that we as human beings have. We are the producers of our own thinking."

"The ill effects of thought come about when we forget that thought is a function of our consciousness... an ability that we as human beings have. We are the producers of our own thinking."

Richard Carlson, American Author

Thought, Ability, Consciousness, Forget

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