Quotes by category:Thinking

Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.

pigs men thinking

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer of... by Ambrose Bierce

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

wise writing thinking

The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.

pride mean thinking

The most offensive egotist is he that fears to say "I" and "me." "It will probably rain" - that is dogmatic. "I think it will rain" - that is natural and modest. Montaigne is the most delightful of essayists because so great is his humility that he does not think it important that we see not Montaigne. He so forgets himself that he employs no artifice to make us forget him.

humility rain thinking

He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. by Ambrose Bierce

He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.

alacrity believe thinking

True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of the contradiction involved in "honoring the memory" of him of whom no memory remains to honor; but the attempt seems to do no great harm to the living, even to the logical.

honor memories thinking

Along the road of life are many pleasure resorts, but think not that by tarrying in them you will take more days to the journey. The day of your arrival is already recorded.

journey life thinking

A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.

writing people thinking

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the... by Ambrose Bierce

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

army war thinking

Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the cellar stairs.

wall fall thinking

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need by Ambrose Bierce

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need

advice friendship thinking

I think I think, therefore I think I am. by Ambrose Bierce

I think I think, therefore I think I am.

logic math thinking

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I... by Ambrose

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)

intriguing thinking

The most powerful lesson you can learn in running? You're capable... by Amby Burfoot

The most powerful lesson you can learn in running? You're capable of much more than you think.

powerful running thinking

Why run? I run because I am an animal. I run because it is part of my genetic wiring. I run because millions of years of evolution have left me programmed to run. And finally, I run because there’s no better way to see the sun rise and set... What the years have shown me is that running clarifies the thinking process as well as purifies the body. I think best - most broadly and most fully - when I am running.

running animal thinking

Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.

self men thinking

... And if Europe gives Arabia a railway, Arabia gives Europe an idea - which I think balances the account.

europe ideas thinking

An object is great in proportion to its power of resistance to time and the elements. That is why we think the pyramids are great. But see, the desert is greater than the pyramids, and the sea is greater than the desert, and the heavens are greater than the sea.

pyramids sea thinking

Death is like the setting of the sun. The sun never sets; life never ceases. ... we think the sun sets, and it never ceases shining; we think our friends die, and they never cease living.

shining sun thinking

It's so English to hate L.A. I'd like to say I love it, but I don't. It's such a weird place. If it were my choice, I wouldn't spend a day there. Everything shuts at 11. And everyone thinks they're so crazy and wild and liberal, and they're not!

crazy hate thinking