Quotes by Thinking If a director can find the exact combination between the written word as a guideline and improvisational input from his actors, I think that's where you'll find the most successful work being done. Alan Thicke successfuldirectorsthinking If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well. Alan Thicke humoroustrialsthinking I've never been a big fan of improvisation, because I think you appreciate the process and the cleverness of it more than the actual comedy in most cases. Alan Thicke appreciatefansthinking Always take much less than you think you'll need. Alan Titchmarsh needsthinking People think cruises are for old folk, but they are amazing, as you get to see so many places, and you're never stuck as you're docked in a different port every day. Alan Titchmarsh differentpeoplethinking I think I was always realistic - well, not the Percy thing, that was ridiculous - but I never dreamed of being a racing car driver or anything. Alan Titchmarsh carracingthinking I haven't been to too many cons since Star Wars, and I don't think it's really going to change until it comes out. Alan Tudyk starswarthinking R2-D2 is like that, but I think because he doesn't speak actual words, his jokes don't land. It's really a hindrance. And the same with BB-8. But Artoo is a lot stronger. Alan Tudyk strongerlandthinking The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion. Alan Turing machinesbelievethinking It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control. Alan Turing should-havelongthinking I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted. Alan Turing machinesbelievethinking We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with? Many people think that a very abstract activity, like the playing of chess, would be best. It can also be maintained that it is best to provide the machine with the best sense organs that money can buy, and then teach it to understand and speak English. Alan Turing speak-englishmenthinking Every now and then you think about your life, what you would like to be, you start at Number 1 and you go down to 100. And down at the bottom, 100, was - Stage. Go figure. That would be the last thing. It terrified me, man. But I had to do it. Alan Vega numbersmenthinking That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics! Alan Vega realmenthinking The future is a concept, it doesn't exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now. That's one of the things we discover when we stop talking to ourselves and stop thinking. We find there is only present, only an eternal now. Alan Watts tomorrowtalkingthinking We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we're in and reverse our thinking and see that the past always flows back from the present. That now is the creative point of life. So you see it's like the idea of forgiving somebody, you change the meaning of the past by doing that...Also, watch the flow of music. The melody as its expressed is changed by notes that come later. Just as the meaning of a sentence...you wait till later to find out what the sentence means...The present is always changing the past. Alan Watts meanpastthinking A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion. Alan Watts wisdomrealitythinking The 'you' who you think you are does not exist. Alan Watts doethinking We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society. Alan Watts exampleinspiringthinking Once you've learned to think you can't stop. And an enormous number of people devote their lives to keeping their minds busy and feel extremely uncomfortable with silence. Alan Watts numberspeoplethinking«7576777879808182838485»
