Quotes About Thought

You ask politicians a question, and they have an answer. It's almost like the more articulate the answer, the more something feels wrong because that question takes thought.

The world is governed by opinion.

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

Music has always taken me to my 'thinking place' - the one place that makes me dwell on the meaning of things and ponder why things are the way they are.

I believe that films are meant for entertainment, but in that process, you have the possibility to think about what kind of entertainment you're giving to audiences.

I had given thought to acting, but I never really had a good enough opportunity or a character who made sense and paralleled my life a little bit. I feel like I'm one of the poster boys for a bad guy in a movie. I feel like I'm a good person to play a bad guy in a movie. I can say that.

Human imagination is so much more potent than anything we could put down in words.

Well, my aspirations certainly were not to be in a pre-school show. I mean, it's certainly nothing that I considered; it's nothing I ever thought anyone would ever let me do.

I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.

I'm in a constant process of thinking about things.

Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when that system began.

I never thought I was going to be an architect in the conventional sense.

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

The number one job for me is to make people laugh. If I can also make people think, then that's a cool thing.

Having an idea is easy, courting one can be difficult.

The more you reason the less you create.

Beauty of mind creates freedom. Freedom of mind creates beauty.

In my mind, creativity is consciousness.

It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.

I always knew the French had a penchant for criticism and abstract thought. Usually, that just meant they complained a lot.

But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.

I wanted to do something risque in 2012 and that's when the thought of being a Playboy cover girl crossed my mind.

The Apollo curse is something I don't even think about.

I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time.