Quotes by Thinking I would say that it's very difficult to personally construct your gender. I think a lot of it is socially constructed. If you look at The New York Times' coverage of trans children, some of them were as young as four years old. One said, "I see my daddy in the woodshed, and that's where I'd rather be than in the kitchen." That to me doesn't ring as somebody who is trans, it rings as someone who has grown up with a narrow view. Abigail Tarttelin daddy children thinking A lot of people characterize women as more cautious. I don't think that's an inappropriate characterization, but that's not a natural thing we're born with, it's something that comes about. Abigail Tarttelin inappropriate people thinking I have a guy friend who said to me, "Hey, you know it's strange, feminism is cool now." I think now people understand that being a feminist means everyone should be equal. What really shocked me was being in America during the Republican primaries. I haven't been exposed to that kind of thinking. I was so shocked that that kind of thinking exists in a modern world, and in a first-world country. Abigail Tarttelin mean country thinking I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer. Abigail Van Buren combination lawyer thinking The Sunflow'r, thinking 'twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t' excuse the blame; It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head. Abraham Cowley naps sleep thinking Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times. Abraham Flexner passion curiosity thinking As much progress as we think we've made with legislation, litigation and education, anti-Semitism still continues to be the No. 2 hate crime in the United States. You can't eliminate it, but you can try to keep a lid on it. Abraham Foxman progress hate thinking We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers. Abraham Joshua Heschel asking-questions asking thinking Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world. Abraham Joshua Heschel encounters self thinking Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us. Abraham Joshua Heschel holy heart thinking Being points beyond itself. Abraham Joshua Heschel taken expression thinking A philosophy which speaks, even indirectly, only to philosophers is no philosophy at all; and I think the same is true if it speaks only to scientists, or only to jurists, or priests, or any other special class. Abraham Kaplan class philosophy thinking A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections. Abraham Lincoln election generations thinking I think that God means that we shall do more than we have yet done in furtherance of his plans and he will open the way for our doing it. Abraham Lincoln done mean thinking You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently. Abraham Lincoln emancipation-proclamation war thinking I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. Abraham Lincoln civil-war feelings thinking The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible. Abraham Lincoln selfish religious thinking ...Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man-this race and that race and the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in and inferior position...Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are created equal. Abraham Lincoln race men thinking I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me - and I think He has - I believe I am ready. Abraham Lincoln hate believe thinking Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency. Abraham Lincoln self-respect self-esteem thinking «1314151617181920212223»