Quotes About Thoughts

Have it your own way," she said, "but I always thought detectives waited until they had every little detail fixed in—" "And then wonder why the suspect's had time to get to the farthest country that has no extradition treaty.

He could even think about how fast he was thinking about things.

The brain can be a dangerous thing. Even more so if you haven't got one.

Every time my brain parks the car neatly in the driveway, my mouth drives through the back of the garage.

He tried to calm his thoughts, but everything came back to what he'd almost done. Because he hadn't done anything, for years or ever, he had almost done this. Because he had no stories of valor, he had almost done this. Because the efforts he'd made towards creating something like a legacy had failed, he had almost done this.

This is the peculiar problem of constant connectivity: any silence of more than a few hours provokes apocalyptic thoughts.

In terms of your own zinging, we'd expect about ten or so a day, but that's sort of a minimum. I'm sure you'll have more to say than that.

Ecco lo strano problema della costante connettività: ogni silenzio che duri più di qualche ora suscita pensieri apocalittici.

Memory, perhaps, should have no physical shape.

What would it be like, she thought, to be someone like that, eloquent and inspirational, so at ease in front of thousands?

The needed to talk about Annie, the thoughts she was thinking. Why shouldn't they know them? The world deserved nothing less and would not wait.

I knew what I had to do. I had to ignore the thoughts, resist the compulsion, let the anxiety build, and then let it decay to extinction all over again.

There is no reason to ever have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.

Merely having thoughts is one thing. Consciously feeding them is quite another. You are powerful all the time, by way of your attention and intention. The question is, Toward what are you pointing that power?

Rule your mind or it will rule you. —Horace

I have learned over the years that the most important thing to deal with is whatever is most on your mind. The fact that you think it shouldn't be on your mind is irrelevant. It's there, and it's there for a reason.

Defining "thinking" in its broadest sense to include any kind of focus and imagery held in the mind, in addition to the cognitive process of logic and rational judgment, means that your feelings will typically be more driven by the thoughts you hold than the other way around.

First of all, if it's on your mind, your mind isn't clear.

Ceasing negative imaging will always cause your

Rule your mind or it will rule you. —Horace Between

The most experienced planner in the world is your brain.

The greater the volume of thoughts you have to work with, the better the context you can create for developing options and trusting your choices.

Your mind will keep working on anything that's still in that undecided state.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. —Sally Kempton