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"Believing is easier than thinking; that's why there will always be more believers than thinkers. However, the results of god-belief are often far more mental trials than those of nonbelief. It is quite difficult to ascertain the wishes of an invisible being."
"Think I'm gettin' sick, I'm feelin' illegal/ And not having money is the root of all evil"
"Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature"
"Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done."
"I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world."
"It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one."
"I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else."
"Persons who think there is no such thing as luck good or bad are entitled to their opinion, although I think they ought to be shot for it."
"Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- by force of circumstances, not argument -- to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them."
"The first Disney movie I saw I think was 'Snow White.' I loved all the Disney princess movies."
"I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it."
"Incline us oh God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which we would desire from them ourselves."
"“I often think,” said she, “that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems so forlorn without them.”"
"If you think I'm over-the-top, I am."
"I think Lil Wayne is extremely talented. I think he's one of the most talented ones out there."
"All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths."
"Never did I think so much, exist so much, be myself so much as in the journeys I have made alone and on foot. Walking has something about it which animates and enlivens my ideas. I can hardly think while I am still; my body must be in motion to move my mind."
"The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament."
"I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we can by trying to raise margins. It's a more patient approach, but we think it leads to a stronger, healthier company. It also serves customers much, much better."
"Everything that we think comes across in our eyes. Our eyes really are the windows to our souls, and that's why at least I can tell when somebody doesn't mean what they're saying - if you just look at them in the eye."
