“Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 162 of 303
“Thinking isn't something you think about. It comes naturally. Thinking involves many things. It involves being an observer. It involves analyzing things, taking in what's around you in the world and finding how to make it inspire your work or turn it into a lesson to teach your children; it's paying attention to details. That's what thinking is: processing.”
“The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for resources. While our current allocation of resources to the Twin Peaks Court may not be ideal, it is an appropriate allocation when all factors are considered. While I realize this will be disappointing news to you, I can assure you the matter was given serious thought before a decision was made.”
“Reverence is an emotion that we can nurture in our very young children, respect is an attitude that we instill in our children as they become school-agers, and responsibility is an act that we inspire in our children as they grow through the middle years and become adolescents.”
“The habit of expressing loosely organized opinions is one of the most destructive of habits.”
“I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.”
“You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.”
“I've always been baffled by how much we over-rate the statistically insignificant differences that separate competitors at the top end of the distribution.”
“Should I be what I think? But I think about being so many things!”
“Do not forget that small daily actions do or undo character.”
“He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or when we are stirred by some new emotion for which we cannot find expression.”
“The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs.”
“It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.”
“If you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his.”
“Time - the one asset none of us are ever gonna get more of.”
“I really chess-play culture shifts. I'm really good at understanding what worldwide cell-phone use means. That's what I do. I try to picture it three to four to five steps ahead.”
“Sometimes I suspect that we build our traps ourselves, then we back into them, pretending amazement the while.”
“It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.”
“For a second we just stand there in silence. Then, suddenly, Alex is back, easy and smiling again. “I left a note for you one time. In the Governor’s fist, you know?” I left a note for you one time. It’s impossible, too crazy to think about, and I hear myself repeating, “You left a note for me?” “I’m pretty sure it said something stupid. Just hi, and a smiley face, and my name. But then you stopped coming.” He shrugs. “It’s probably still there. The note, I mean. Probably just a bit of paper pulp by now.”
“How many joys are crushed under foot because people look up at the sky and disregard what is at their feet?”