Thinking quotes

Thinking

95.1K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

95.1K quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside thinking — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

People 100.4K quotes Men 68.6K quotes Writing 30.7K quotes Mean 28K quotes Believe 31K quotes Years 26.7K quotes

Quote collection

Thinking quotes (page 408 of 4756)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

Plato Philosopher
Thinking

"But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death. And now I, being slow and aged, am overtaken by the slower of the two; but my accusers, being strong and active, have been overtaken by the swifter, wickedness. And now I depart, condemned by you to death; but they condemned by truth, as guilty of iniquity and injustice: and I abide my sentence, and so do they. These things, perhaps, ought so to be, and I think that they are for the best."

Thinking Running Strong
Read quote 6 likes
Plato Philosopher
Thinking

"That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in the study of philosophy appear ridiculous when they enter the courts of law as speakers. Those who have knocked about in courts and the like from their youth up seem to me, when compared with those who have been brought up in philosophy and similar pursuits, to be as slaves in breeding compared with freemen."

Thinking Philosophy Plato
Read quote 6 likes
Plato Philosopher
Thinking

"Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants."

Thinking Men Honor
Read quote 6 likes
Plato Philosopher
Thinking

"You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He has only one thing to consider in performing any action - that is, whether he is acting rightly or wrongly, like a good man or a bad one."

Thinking Men Life And Death
Read quote 6 likes
Pliny the Elder Naturalist, Author
Thinking

"Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately extinguished lamp is enough to cause a miscarriage. And to think that from such a frail beginning a tyrant or butcher may be born! You who trust in your physical strength, who embrace the gifts of fortune and consider yourself not their ward but their son, you who have a domineering spirit, you who consider yourself a god as soon as success swells your breast, think how little could have destroyed you!"

Thinking Son Miscarriage
Read quote 6 likes
Plutarch Philosopher, Historian
Thinking

"If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well."

Thinking Men Mean
Read quote 6 likes
Plutarch Philosopher, Historian
Thinking

"I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot."

Thinking Feet Shoes
Read quote 6 likes
Portia de Rossi Actress
Thinking

"I wondered if that's what aging felt like. That desire and reality were dueling until the day you die, that nobody every got to a place of peace. I had always wanted to get old so I didn't have to care anymore, but I began to think that it would be best just to skip the getting older part and just die."

Thinking Reality Getting Older
Read quote 6 likes
Princess Diana Philanthropist, Humanitarian
Thinking

"People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me."

Thinking Jobs Women
Read quote 6 likes
Prince Charles Royalty
Thinking

"We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now."

Thinking Issues Priorities
Read quote 6 likes
Prince Charles Royalty
Thinking

"I think we're going to find, with climate change and everything else, things like global warming and goodness knows what else and the cost of fuel for a start, that things are going to become very complicated."

Thinking Inspirational Environmental
Read quote 6 likes
Prince Charles Royalty
Thinking

"If you think about your and my grandchildren, this is what really worries me. I don't want them - if I'm still alive by then - to say, 'Why didn't you do something about it?', when you could have done."

Thinking Worry Grandchildren
Read quote 6 likes
Prince Fielder Baseball Player
Thinking

"Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career."

Thinking Years Retirement
Read quote 6 likes
Pharrell Williams Musician, Producer
Thinking

"Whenever I think of the memories of you by my side, it leaves a smile on my lips and gives me the hope of the love that we will have again when you will return. That is why I don't mind staying apart like this."

Thinking Memories Distance
Read quote 6 likes
Peter Gabriel Musician
Thinking

"I'm a bit cynical that it ever will be addressed properly. I think it is healthy to get some sort of copyright protection. But some of it has gone on forever."

Thinking Forever Cynical
Read quote 6 likes
Paul Simon Musician, Songwriter
Thinking

"I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence."

Thinking Powerful Influence
Read quote 6 likes