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Thought Quotes

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Blind, Content

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"Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought."

"Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"Words are but pictures of our thoughts."

"Words are but pictures of our thoughts."

John Dryden, English Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Words

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"They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years."

"They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years."

Jack LaLanne, American Athlete

Thought, Athletes, Years

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"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

John Milius, American Director

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"We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong."

"We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong."

Bono, Irish Musician

Thought, Answers, Questions, Wrong

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"The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it."

"The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Thought, Idea, Ideas, Adventure

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"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought."

"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought."

Albert Szent Gyorgyi, Hungarian Scientist

Thought, Research

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"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Thought, Mistake, Fame, Training

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"Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."

"Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Thought, End, Philosophy, Wonder

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"They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately."

"They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

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"When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring."

"When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring."

Neil Tennant, English Musician

Thought, Events

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"I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were my priorities, and I stand by the same today. There wasn't a lot of support for those soldiers."

"I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were my priorities, and I stand by the same today. There wasn't a lot of support for those soldiers."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Thought, Care, Mission, Priorities

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"I always thought of Levittown as a joke."

"I always thought of Levittown as a joke."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

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"I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable."

"I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable."

Laura Linney, American Actress

Thought, People, Right

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"I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns."

"I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Thought, Living, Want

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"We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it."

"We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Thought, Progress, Goal, Deed

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"For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world."

"For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

Thought, Friends, Service, World

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"The hardest that I've laughed at a movie was probably Team America. I laughed 'til I thought I was just gonna throw up. I almost had to turn it off."

"The hardest that I've laughed at a movie was probably Team America. I laughed 'til I thought I was just gonna throw up. I almost had to turn it off."

Ron White, American Comedian

Thought, America

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"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought."

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Thought, Slavery

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"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

William James, American Philosopher

Thought, Ability, Stress

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"A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter."

"A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

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"The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements."

"The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements."

John Marshall Harlan, American Judge

Thought, Body, Constitution, Court

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"True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves."

"True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts

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"It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things."

"It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

Thought, Value, Words

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"Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts."

"Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts."

Alan Cohen, American Businessman

Thought, Thoughts, Appreciation, Light, Prayer

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"Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights."

"Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

Thought, Thoughts, Feet

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"I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good."

"I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good."

Meg White, American Musician

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"Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond."

"Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Thought, Help, Moon

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"When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't."

"When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't."

Annie Leibovitz, American Photographer

Thought, Journalism

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"If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today."

"If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today."

Olin Miller, American Columnist

Thought, Today, Yesterday

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"When I finished a song that I thought was good, I thought, I don't know where that came from, so I have no idea if I can do that again. I'm talking like, a hundred and fifty songs down the line. I still feel that."

"When I finished a song that I thought was good, I thought, I don't know where that came from, so I have no idea if I can do that again. I'm talking like, a hundred and fifty songs down the line. I still feel that."

Trevor Rabin, South African Musician

Thought, Idea, Song, Songs

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"I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it."

"I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it."

Ann Richards, American Politician

Thought, Pretty

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"To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind."

"To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind."

George Boole, Irish Mathematician

Thought, Knowledge, Laws, Mind

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"When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now?"

"When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now?"

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

Thought, Now, Thinking

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"Carrot Top is a nickname that people call me and I thought that it was more marketable."

"Carrot Top is a nickname that people call me and I thought that it was more marketable."

Carrot Top, American Comedian

Thought, People

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"When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them."

"When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

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"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."

"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

Thought, May, Thinking, Worry

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"Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts."

"Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Clarity

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"I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!"

"I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!"

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

Thought, Debate, Interest, Justice

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"We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally."

"We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Thought, America, Interest

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"I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts."

"I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Saying, Talking, Thinking

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"This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection."

"This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Thought, Content, Protection

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"But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A+B theorem, which was replaced in my thought by the expression MV = PT."

"But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A+B theorem, which was replaced in my thought by the expression MV = PT."

James Meade, English Economist

Thought, Belief, Economics, Expression

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"I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft."

"I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft."

Leroy Chiao, American Astronaut

Thought, Flying

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"For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought."

"For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought."

Samuel Alexander, Australian Philosopher

Thought, Virtue

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"No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film."

"No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Thought, People, Film, Ireland

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"A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts."

"A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Thought, Fame, Man, Parents

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"I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first."

"I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first."

Van Morrison, British Musician

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"Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all along. But I was wrong to have thought that I was wrong."

"Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all along. But I was wrong to have thought that I was wrong."

John Foster Dulles, American Public Servant

Thought, Decision, Right, Wrong

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