Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well. The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion
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Related Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly c... ROBERT HEINLEIN It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art w... ADAM DAVIDSON If you haven't learned by now that you cant trust everybody, i think its safe to say that you are th... BRIELL ADAMS Don't think it. Do it! ANTHONY T. HINCKS Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important. CHUCK CLOSE Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth'... GEORGE GAYLORD SIMPSON There is also a tiny fraction of Australians who believe in white supremacy. AMEER ALI I am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think t... H. P. LOVECRAFT Most religious people in America fully embrace science. So the argument that religion has some issue... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON I worked very hard on me and David's record and I'm extremely proud of the record, as most people ar... GRAHAM NASH I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance. DAVID ROSE The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. WILLIAM HAZLITT the thing is you can get used to anything you think you cant you want to die but you dont you cant y... ELIZABETH SCOTT Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial valu... LAWRENCE LESSIG I think what I do is borderline art. Most people who do borderline art have to have other jobs, so I... STEWART LEE People who think money can do anything may very well be suspected of doing anything for money. MARY PETTIBONE POOLE Just because I cant fly, don't think you can keep me on the ground. JOHN ALEXANDER TRISTRAM I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Money is a very small fraction of my brain. IDDI LUKOO I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consist... ANNA QUINDLEN I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating con... ANNA QUINDLEN ...most people in the world don't really use their brains to think. And people who don't think are t... HARUKI MURAKAMI I think it's an incredibly bold and original show. And if only a small fraction of the loyal audienc... ROBERT GREENBLATT I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decoratin... ANNA QUINDLEN Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what... DAN ABRAMS The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all ... CARL SAGAN If you think you can do it, you can. JOHN BURROUGHS I think the people who probably have it the best are the people on cable like on 'Entourage'... T. J. THYNE I just don't think most people put myself and Robert Frost in the same category. BOB NEWHART Well when you cant sleep well you cant dream and when you cant dream well whats life mean HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD More than a billion people use the Internet, yet only a tiny fraction contribute their knowledge to ... ADAM D'ANGELO I'm making films for an audience out there and a very tiny fraction of them are would-be filmmakers.... WERNER HERZOG I think it will do very well ... As with most compromises, there are parts they like and parts they ... MIKE SIMPSON In actuality, just a tiny fraction of the money has been spent. ERIC STEWART Think not of what you can do, but of what you cannot! JALAL ERRAZI I think this is going do extremely well. They'll pack the place, I don't think there is any doubt ab... MARV ALBERT To be underdogs or not, I don't think it gives anybody an advantage once you go on the ice. It's who... GUY DUPUIS I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work. DON NICKLES That is something I don't think I could do very accurately at all. ANDREW HURLY Some of the stuff I do on the court is what most people think they can do. STEPHEN CURRY I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track. CATE BLANCHETT I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks a... SLASH There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without stoppin... IRENE GONZALEZ FREI It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young an... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Most people would rather die than think: many do. BERTRAND RUSSELL Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the ... LAURENCE STERNE Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the w... LAURENCE STERNE The people who live there are very invested in the city, so I think for the most part, they will [re... ELIZABETH LEWIS I think most people act in their self-interest. AUBREY MCCLENDON What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about. DIANA VREELAND I think I was the youngest, fastest-promoted buyer in the history of Bloomingdale's. MICKEY DREXLER People with a lot of money don't dress as well as people who have to make do, who have to be inv... IRIS APFEL I think that speaks to the type of small businesses and I think it goes to speak to the type of lend... KEN SILVIA Fanatics have the look of people who do not masturbate but who think about it almost all time. GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here. ELAINE STRITCH Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who do. ROBERT K. MUELLER The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people thin... PILOU ASBAEK I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty. ZAC EFRON I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achie... NATALIA VODIANOVA Next to the Bible, I think the Constitution is the most important document ever written. STEVE SCALISE In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are gonna think about it, what ... GODFREY REGGIO There are so many previously unknown sites and structures all over the world. And I think most impor... SARAH PARCAK The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think. C. JOYBELL C. The most Wisdomful woman in the world is one, Who can think like a Woman & like a Man as well ASHISH SOPHAT The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of i... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is fa... JULIAN SIMON I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplay... CHARLIE KAUFMAN Most people seem to think I'm the kind of guy who shaves with a blowtorch. Actually I'm bookish and ... BURT LANCASTER I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that ... TAYLOR SWIFT I really enjoy working with people who have come into this industry for what I think are really admi... EMILY BERRINGTON To simply think about the people, as the dominators do, without any self-giving in that thought, to ... PAULO FREIRE Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who actually do. ANONYMOUS I think, in general, most people in the public don't know what we do. DAVE BREITENFELD I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it... ED HARRIS Why do you eat? Why to sleep? If you cant be a trustworthy person, cant be a true lover, cant be a g... WRITER GRADED Through the proportion of those who think be extremely small, yet every individual flatters himself ... CHARLES CALEB COLTON Very few people think; most people just conform. DEBASISH MRIDHA M.D. the human mind is very powerful, people always say they CANT do something but if they believe in the... MIKE GRIST I just think that most of the people are very close minded. ALEX CHIU People who think they know it all, are especially annoying to those of us who do! DAVID SMITH Most people think the character I do onstage is the way I am offstage, but I'm just a regular gu... DON RICKLES Most of us can do more than we think but usually do less than we think we have. VIKRANT PARSAI I like to think 'The God Delusion' is a humorous book. I think, actually, it's full of l... RICHARD DAWKINS Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinki... CHRISTOPHER MORLEY Anything I want to learn, I learn - Anything I want to do, I do - I however cannot say the same for ... DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excru... EILEEN ATKINS If i cant then who can? AJITH BSC MBA Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potent... ROSE TREMAIN Most people think that Heaven is a choir, and all you will do is sing. BRUCE WILKINSON I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty. ANTHONY TROLLOPE It's a small truncated segment of the electorate, voters who are reasonably informed of the issues. ... JAMES SIMMONS Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. UNKNOWN Most people would rather die than think;
in fact, they do so. BERTRAND RUSSELL Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. BERTRAND RUSSELL Most people think there is a God, but God is not what most people think. RAIN BOJANGLES I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production. DAN HARMON If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the ... NATE RUESS I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape. THOM YORKE Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the ... ERIC BRAEDEN I think love is always going to be the most important subject for women. CHARLOTTE LAMB
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