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Never blindly believe, never blindly follow. ~ Alex Treacher
Independent Thought quotes by Alex Treacher
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking ... ~ Leo Tolstoy
Independent Thought quotes by Leo Tolstoy
fundamentally, people do not prefer independent thought and the accompanying responsibility, but rather orders, subordination, and the accompanying exemption from responsibility. In a popular democracy, the masses who elect unfit rulers are to blame for bad government, but that is not the case in a monarchy. Rather than reflecting upon their own mistakes, the people are free to enjoy speaking ill of leaders who are even more irresponsible than they. ~ Yoshiki Tanaka
Independent Thought quotes by Yoshiki Tanaka
He was no longer quite sure whether anything he had ever thought or felt was truly his own property, or whether his thoughts were merely a common part of the world's store of ideas which had always existed ready-made and which people only borrowed, like books from a library. ~ Milan Kundera
Independent Thought quotes by Milan Kundera
evangelism of children nonetheless seeks to cut off the process of independent thought before it begins. It's this aspect of religious indoctrination that is most unacceptable - the idea that doubt is bad, that unquestioning acceptance is good, that there is only one possible right answer, and that someone else has already figured out what that answer is. ~ Dale McGowan
Independent Thought quotes by Dale McGowan
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Independent Thought quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson
Independent thought is hard and liberating, thoughtless acceptance is easy and enslaving. ~ Ronin
Independent Thought quotes by Ronin
To grapple effectually with even purely material problems requires more serenity of mind and more lofty courage than people generally imagine. No two beings could have been more unfitted for such a struggle. Society, not from any tenderness, but because of its strange needs, had taken care of those two men, forbidding them all independent thought, all initiative, all departure from routine; and forbidding it under pain of death. They could only live on condition of being machines. And now, released from the fostering care of men with pens behind the ears, or of men with gold lace on the sleeves, they were like those lifelong prisoners who, liberated after many years, do not know what use to make of their freedom. They did not know what use to make of their faculties, being both, through want of practice, incapable of independent thought. ~ Joseph Conrad
Independent Thought quotes by Joseph Conrad
The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous. ~ Richard Dawkins
Independent Thought quotes by Richard Dawkins
Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to be lies and deception. You can believe it's the truth only after you question, exhaust every avenue, and find that their story checks out. If you're a patriot, it's your duty to always question your government anyway, at every turn. A patriot is loyal to his country and his countrymen, not his government. ~ Derek R. Audette
Independent Thought quotes by Derek R. Audette
I want to oppose the idea that the school has to teach directly that special knowledge and those accomplishments which one has to use later directly in life. The demands of life are much too manifold to let such a specialized training in school appear possible [ ... ] The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgement should always be placed foremost. ~ Albert Einstein
Independent Thought quotes by Albert Einstein
Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan... Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself ― not to Japan, not to anything. You may think that what you're doing is for the sake of the nation, but let something take possession of you like that, and all you do is bring it down. ~ Natsume Sōseki
Independent Thought quotes by Natsume Sōseki
You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home
all the more powerful because forbidden
terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic. ~ Winston S. Churchill
Independent Thought quotes by Winston S. Churchill
Life demands more thinking than remembering. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Independent Thought quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to. ~ Banksy
Independent Thought quotes by Banksy
To some people independent thought is heresy and critical thought blasphemy ~ Rassool Jibraeel Snyman
Independent Thought quotes by Rassool Jibraeel Snyman
Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it. ~ Banksy
Independent Thought quotes by Banksy
Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it. ~ Sue Grafton
Independent Thought quotes by Sue Grafton
Here in the enclave, one didn't prosper by demonstrating too much independent thought. ~ Ann Aguirre
Independent Thought quotes by Ann Aguirre
The only people we want to blame are ourselves, because it will be ourselves that we rely upon. ~ Markus Zusak
Independent Thought quotes by Markus Zusak
Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery. ~ Charles F. Glassman
Independent Thought quotes by Charles F. Glassman
Education is character development, harmonious completion of human personality. But what the state accomplishes in this field is dull drill, extinction of natural feeling, narrowing of the spiritual field of vision, destruction of all the deeper elements of character in man. The state can train subjects ... but it can never develop free men who take their affairs into their own hands; for independent thought is the greatest danger that it has to fear. ~ Rudolf Rocker
Independent Thought quotes by Rudolf Rocker
I'm supposed to overcome my disability to make it easier to manage for people who I don't even want in my life. I have to overcome any physical sensation, any emotional burden, any independent thought. ~ Christy Leigh Stewart
Independent Thought quotes by Christy Leigh Stewart
Mom used to say that the thoughts in our heads were nothing more than electrical impulses. I remember Dad and her talking about this over dinner. It frustrated Dad that the human brain can fire electrical sparks and think, but that the electricity he'd pump into an android brain would never give it independent thought. The body isn't that different from a machine. Humans and androids both run on electricity.
That lightning spark of energy I saw in the reverie.
That was my mother's last thought, an echo of electricity, something that sparked when I entered her dreamscape.
That spark is gone now. Her life is gone now. Everything that made her, her, is gone now. Faded into nothing. ~ Beth Revis
Independent Thought quotes by Beth Revis
The undeniable paradox of human existence is that a person seeks closeness with other people while protecting his or her sanctified right of privacy. Each person must carefully guard their personal identity in order to give their life a unique purposefulness. Loving other people and nature is not mutually exclusive of a person maintaining independence of thought and action. A person need not surrender his or her own pursuit of personal excellence when maintaining a respectful and reciprocal relationship with a life mate. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster
Independent Thought quotes by Kilroy J. Oldster
At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself. ~ Albert Einstein
Independent Thought quotes by Albert Einstein
Success also requires the courage to risk disapproval. Most independent thought, new ideas, or endeavors beyond the common measure are greeted with disapproval, and ranging from skepticism and ridicule to violent outrage. To persevere in anything exceptional requires inner strength and the unshakable conviction that you are right. ~ Chin-Ning Chu
Independent Thought quotes by Chin-Ning Chu
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Independent Thought quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument. ~ Iain Pears
Independent Thought quotes by Iain Pears
People say, "What's it like to be a minority of one, or a kick-bag for the Internet?" It washes off me like jizz off a porn star's face. ~ Christopher Hitchens
Independent Thought quotes by Christopher Hitchens
Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent. ~ Frank Beddor
Independent Thought quotes by Frank Beddor
Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart. ~ Edward Abbey
Independent Thought quotes by Edward Abbey
The process of making art is the process of becoming a person with agency, with independent thought, a producer of meaning rather than a consumer of meanings that may be at odds with your soul, your destiny, your humanity, so there's another kind of success in becoming conscious that matters and that is up to you and nobody else and within your reach. ~ Rebecca Solnit
Independent Thought quotes by Rebecca Solnit
Alignment, to us, means bringing pieces into the same line - the same direction. The metaphor is that a magnet will make pieces of iron point toward it. Agreement is share intellectual understanding. Tribes are clusters of people, and people are complex and nonrational at times. If a tribe is united only by agreement, as soon as times change, agreement has to be reestablished. If people learn new ideas or see a problem from a new perspective, they no longer agree, so tribes based on agreement often discourage learning, questioning, and independent thought. Tribes based on alignment want to maximize each person's contribution, provided that they stay pointed in the same direction like magnetized iron filings. ~ Dave Logan
Independent Thought quotes by Dave Logan
The thought of being completely dependent disturbs people till the moment their eyes are opened to reality. ~ Auliq Ice
Independent Thought quotes by Auliq Ice
A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is a life of realisation, not merely of theory or belief, much less of dogma. ~ Swami Vivekananda
Independent Thought quotes by Swami Vivekananda
The destination is fulfilling when the path is authentically your own; find the courage and forge your own path; your essence is at stake ~ Jesslyn Wolff
Independent Thought quotes by Jesslyn Wolff
Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions. ~ Jim Rohn
Independent Thought quotes by Jim Rohn
Sometimes life ask you a question, but you couldn't find answer in any book. You have to create answer yourself. ~ Salman Mansuri
Independent Thought quotes by Salman Mansuri
When you do not seek or need external approval, you are at your most powerful. ~ Caroline Myss
Independent Thought quotes by Caroline Myss
Einstein said, " Imagination is more important than knowledge," but you'd be hard-pressed to find schools or corporations that invest in people with those priorities. The systems of education and professional life, similar by design, push the idea-finding habits of fun and play to the corners of our minds, training us out of our creativity.[117] We reward conformance of mind, not independent thought, in our systems - from school to college to the workplace to the home - yet we wonder why so few are willing to take creative risks. ~ Scott Berkun
Independent Thought quotes by Scott Berkun
Nichts kommt von selbst. Und nur wenig ist von Dauer. Darum - besinnt Euch auf Eure Kraft und darauf, dass jede Zeit eigene Antworten will und man auf ihrer Höhe zu sein hat, wenn Gutes bewirkt werden soll."

("Nothing happens automatically. And only few things last. Therefore - be mindful of your strength, and of the fact that every era wants its own answers, and you have to be up to its speed in order to be able to do good.")

Message to the Socialist International Congress in Berlin, September 15, 1992 ~ Willy Brandt
Independent Thought quotes by Willy Brandt
Information is Power. Think For Yourself. CAUTION: proper use of the brain is not endorsed by federal governments nor huge corporations involved in serious financial profit from a brainwashed and enslaved population. Mild discomfort may occur as confusing independent thought challenges popular views of the world. ~ Timothy Leary
Independent Thought quotes by Timothy Leary
When we consider that each of us has only one life to live, isn't it rather tragic to find men and women, with brains capable of comprehending the stars and the planets, talking about the weather; men and women, with hands capable of creating works of art, using those hands only for routine tasks; men and women, capable of independent thought, using their minds as a bowling-alley for popular ideas; men and women, capable of greatness, wallowing in mediocrity; men and women, capable of self-expression, slowly dying a mental death while they babble the confused monotone of the mob? ~ Neil Gaiman
Independent Thought quotes by Neil Gaiman
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. ~ Albert Einstein
Independent Thought quotes by Albert Einstein
Some parents whenever their children have an independent thought they wrap them up in warm ignorance and send them to bed ~ Rassool Jibraeel Snyman
Independent Thought quotes by Rassool Jibraeel Snyman
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste. ~ Voltaire
Independent Thought quotes by Voltaire
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency. ~ Aesop
Independent Thought quotes by Aesop
At the end of the day," he continued, "although many believe in fate, it's those who go through life with independent thought alone who are the strongest. ~ Adele Rose
Independent Thought quotes by Adele Rose
TV's sameness has destroyed many things, such as the American urge toward independent thought. ~ Bennett Cerf
Independent Thought quotes by Bennett Cerf
It is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and narcotized by technological diversions. ~ Neil Postman
Independent Thought quotes by Neil Postman
You must strive to become much less susceptible to influences outside of yourself and much more inclined to trust the instincts and feelings that lie within you. ~ Bob Proctor
Independent Thought quotes by Bob Proctor
I shall have my lasso, I shall lead the course;
I recognize it's time to mount a different horse. ~ Mie Hansson
Independent Thought quotes by Mie Hansson
Now whenever things are so that a lot of people feel they ought to be doing something, the weak, and those who go weak with a lot of complicated thinking, always make for a sort of do-nothing religion, very pious and superior, and submit to persecution and the will of the Lord. ~ H.G.Wells
Independent Thought quotes by H.G.Wells
Higher level independence starts with the freedom and independence of the mind to think and act according to the highest principles of knowledge and worthy traditions of a nation. ~ Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud
Independent Thought quotes by Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud
I've come to think that one reason for the oppressive predictability of polemical essays can be found in today's polarized social and political climate. To paraphrase Emerson: "If I know your party, I anticipate your argument." Not merely about politics but about everything. Clearly this acrimonious state of affairs is not conducive to writing essays that display independent thought and complex perspectives. Most of us open magazines, newspapers, and websites knowing precisely what to expect. Many readers apparently enjoy being members of the choir. In our rancorously partisan environment, conclusions don't follow from premises and evidence but precede them. ~ John Jeremiah Sullivan
Independent Thought quotes by John Jeremiah Sullivan
Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films. It's collective thought. ~ Seymour Cassel
Independent Thought quotes by Seymour Cassel
My innocence is wearin' thin
But my heart is growing strong. ~ Fifth Harmony
Independent Thought quotes by Fifth Harmony
She was still obliged to leave the house every day, on her usual hunt for food; and especially on days of bad weather she had no other solution but to leave Useppe alone, his own guard, locking him in the room. It was then that Useppe learned to pass time thinking. He would press both fists to his brow and begin to think. What he thought about is not given to us to know; and probably his thoughts were imponderable futilities. But it's a fact that, while he was thinking in this way, the ordinary time of other people was reduced for him almost to zero. In Asia there exists a little creature known as the lesser panda, which looks like something between a squirrel and a teddy bear and lives on the trees in inaccessible mountain forests; and every now and then it comes down to the ground, looking for buds to eat. Of one of these panda it was told that he spent millennia thinking on his own tree, from which he climbed down to the ground every three hundred years. But in reality, the calculation of such periods was relative: in fact, while three hundred years had gone by on earth, on that panda's tree barely ten minutes had passed. ~ Elsa Morante
Independent Thought quotes by Elsa Morante
Why don't you like girls?"
Nicky looked startled by the interruption, but he rallied quickly and made a face. "They're so soft."
Neil thought about Renee's bruised knuckles, Dan's fierce spirit, and Allison holding her ground on the court a week after Seth's death. He thought about his mother standing unflinching in the face of his father's violent anger and her ruthlessly leaving bodies in their wake. He felt compelled to say, "Some of the strongest people I've known are women."
"What? Oh, no," Nicky hurried to say. "I mean literally soft. Too many curves, see? I feel like my hands would slide right off. It's totally not my thing. I like…" He drew a box with his fingers as he searched for words. "Erik. Erik's perfect. He's a total outdoors junkie, rock climbing and hiking and mountain biking, all that awful bug-infested fresh-air stuff. But oh my god, you should see what it does to his body. He's like this, all hard edges." He drew another box. "He's stronger than I am, and I like that. I feel like I could lean on him all day and he wouldn't break a sweat. ~ Nora Sakavic
Independent Thought quotes by Nora Sakavic
Anheuser-Busch gives two free cases of beer to its employees at all of its parks, like Busch Gardens. That's a comforting thought the next time you're getting ready to get on the roller coaster! ~ Jay Leno
Independent Thought quotes by Jay Leno
First time I got arrested, I knew somehow and some way, we would succeed. To go on the Freedom Ride to be beaten and left bloody and unconscious, to be beaten on that bridge in Selma, have a concussion - I thought that I was going to die on that bridge. But somehow and some way, I lived to tell about what happened, and I've seen some of the fruits of the labor of so many people, and people must understand that. ~ John Lewis
Independent Thought quotes by John Lewis
Jessica

I first met the man I married at a hair salon. I was going out the door; Jep was going in--for a haircut. Seriously. Nowadays, most of the Robertson men don't get haircuts, but Jep did back then. When our paths crossed that day, we said nothing more than "hi" to each other, just one word.
Jep and I both grew up in West Monroe, Louisiana, and he is two years older than I am. We went to different high schools, but because we lived in a close community, we had heard about each other. He knew who I was, and I knew who he was--and I thought he had a cool name. I had heard good things about him, including, "He's a dream." When our paths crossed at the hair salon and we simply said hello, I had no way of knowing the hairdresser would tell Jep all about me as she cut his hair that day. Both of us had gone to her for years, so she knew us pretty well, and she said really nice things about me to Jep. In fact, she takes credit for getting us together! After we were married I found out that when he left the hair salon that day, he went home and told his best friend, "I just met the girl I'm going to marry."
"What's her name?" his friend asked.
"Jessica," Jep responded. He only knew this because the hairdresser had told him.
"Jessica who?" his friend asked. "What's her last name?"
"I don't know," Jep admitted.
I love the fact that Jep knew he would marry me after only seeing me once. Maybe he did not know my last name, but the next time he ~ Jessica Robertson
Independent Thought quotes by Jessica Robertson
Not only is the actual word "hysteria" gendered - it once referred to an exclusively female disease, a mental illness thought to be caused by a malfunctioning uterus - there is a very long history of critics using accusations or innuendo about women's mental health or emotional stability in order to shut down their political voices. ~ Sady Doyle
Independent Thought quotes by Sady Doyle
I thought I could not breathe in that fine air That pure severity of perfect light I yearned for warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
Independent Thought quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson
I have noticed that most times, the least that you give out is the best that someone really needs. So, don't always wait till you have something big to give before you do so! Someone's "big" is your "little"! ~ Israelmore Ayivor
Independent Thought quotes by Israelmore Ayivor
Modern man's dependency on the love partner, then, is a result of the loss of spiritual ideologies, just as is his dependency on his parents or on his psychotherapist. He needs somebody, some "individual ideology of justification" to replace the declining "collective ideologies." Sexuality, which Freud thought was at the heart of the Oedipus complex, is now understood for what it really is: another twisting and turning, a groping for the meaning of one's life. If you don't have a God in heaven, an invisible dimension that justifies the visible one, then you take what is nearest at hand and work out your problems on that. ~ Ernest Becker
Independent Thought quotes by Ernest Becker
Then maybe you shouldn't put a statue of it on your altar, Annabeth thought. ~ Rick Riordan
Independent Thought quotes by Rick Riordan
Glint, glisten, glitter, gleam ...
Tiffany thought a lot about words, in the long hours of churning butte. Onomatopoetic , she'd discovered in the dictionary, meant words that sounded like the thing they were describing, like cuckoo. But she thought there should be a word that sounds like the noise a thing would make if that thing made a noise even though, actually, it doesn't, but would if it did.
Glint, for example. If light made a noise as it reflected off a distant window, it'd go glint!And the light of tinsel, all those little glints chiming together, would make a noise like glitterglitter. Gleam was a clean, smooth noise from a surface that intended to shine all day. And glisten was the soft, almost greasy sound of something rich and oily. ~ Terry Pratchett
Independent Thought quotes by Terry Pratchett
Take off your glasses."
"Why? I thought you liked my glassess."
"I love your glasses. I especially love the moment when you take them off. ~ Rainbow Rowell
Independent Thought quotes by Rainbow Rowell
Was I going to start companies outside of Shutterstock or inside? Going public kind of meant I was going to start them inside, and I kind of thought this through and decided that if I was going to do that, I was going to continue to operate Shutterstock like it was an incubator of startups. ~ Jon Oringer
Independent Thought quotes by Jon Oringer
I believe in rules. I believe in artistic limitations, and I always have. I've always thought that setting out a set of rules before you start, and then being completely consistent with them, is the only way to make a really good film. ~ Susanne Bier
Independent Thought quotes by Susanne Bier
Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Half-Jewish. Excellent grammar. Easily nauseated. Likes Reese's and Oreos (i.e. not an idiot). Divorced parents. Big brother to a fetus. Dad lives in Savannah. Dad's an English teacher. Mom's an epidemiologist.
The problem is, I'm beginning to realize I hardly know anything about anyone. I mean I generally know who's a virgin. But I don't have a clue whether most people's parents are divorced, or what their parents do for a living. I mean, Nick's parents are doctors. But I don't know what Leah's mom does, and I don't even know what the deal is with her dad, because Leah never talks about him. I have no idea why Abby's dad and brother still live in DC. And these are my best friends. I've always thought of myself as nosy, but I guess I'm just nosy about stupid stuff.
It's actually really terrible, now that I think about it. ~ Becky Albertalli
Independent Thought quotes by Becky Albertalli
One of the most difficult tasks confronting philosophers is to descend from the world of thought to the actual world. ~ Karl Marx
Independent Thought quotes by Karl Marx
He thought he was walking along a dusty road that showed white in the gathering darkness of a summer night. Whence and whither it led, and why he traveled it, he did not know, though all seemed simple and natural, as is the way in dreams; for in the Land Beyond the Bed surprises cease from troubling and the judgment is at rest. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Independent Thought quotes by Ambrose Bierce
And lying there, amid the tall, still grass and beneath the star-drunk sky, listening to the just-this-side-of-inaudible sound of her rhythmic breathing and the noisy silence of the bullfrogs, the grasshoppers, the distant cars rushing endlessly on I-65, I thought it might be a fine time to say the Three Little Words. ~ John Green
Independent Thought quotes by John Green
He thought this was very kind, and he did not realize that, even if it was kind, it was not kind enough. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Independent Thought quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us! Why myriads of women have cried over it, to be sure! [ ... ] Nature meant very kindly by women when she made the tea plant; and with a little thought, what series of pictures and groups of the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
Independent Thought quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for ... cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination. What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent, that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times seriously harmful. ~ B. Alan Wallace
Independent Thought quotes by B. Alan Wallace
The thought of the future life with its prerogatives and joys helps to make the trials of the present seem light and transient. ~ Billy Graham
Independent Thought quotes by Billy Graham
Right view is not a concept or belief. ... [It] is simply seeing Reality as it is, here and now, moment after moment[;] ... relying on bare attention ... before conceptual thought arises[;] ... relying on what we actually experience rather than on what we think. ~ Steve Hagen
Independent Thought quotes by Steve Hagen
Expressions of sharp and even violent criticism of religion and the church have been welcomed, for they usually imply sincerity of thought. If caustic criticism of religious institutions and practices is irreligious, then Amos, Isaiah, and Jesus were very irreligious men. In fact, that is exactly what many of their contemporaries took them to be. ~ Halford Luccock
Independent Thought quotes by Halford Luccock
Dany kissed him lightly on the cheek. It heartened her to see him smile. I must be strong for him as well, she thought grimly. A knight he may be, but I am the blood of the dragon. ~ George R R Martin
Independent Thought quotes by George R R Martin
I thought I would inaugurate a Bipolar Pride Day. You know, with floats and parades and stuff! On the floats we would get the depressives, and they wouldn't even have to leave their beds - we'd just roll their beds out of their houses, and they could continue staring off miserably into space. And then for the manics, we'd have the manic marching band, with manics laughing and talking and shopping and fucking and making bad judgment calls. ~ Carrie Fisher
Independent Thought quotes by Carrie Fisher
Thought is the only treasure that God sets outside all power and keeps to serve as a secret link among the unhappy. ~ Honore De Balzac
Independent Thought quotes by Honore De Balzac
Leaders make impacts. If your riches don't help you to make impacts, you aren't leading anyone; rather, money is leading you. ~ Israelmore Ayivor
Independent Thought quotes by Israelmore Ayivor
I never thought of God as humorous," said Father Stone. "The Creator of the platypus, the camel, the ostrich, and man? Oh, come now! ~ Ray Bradbury
Independent Thought quotes by Ray Bradbury
Life is a difficult matter, and the more a simple man may learn of what greater men have thought, and taught, have spoken and have written, the better can he cope with any sort of life. ~ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Independent Thought quotes by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
There is an alternative to simply identifying with the next thought that pops into consciousness. And glimpsing this alternative dispels the conventional illusion of the self. ~ Sam Harris
Independent Thought quotes by Sam Harris
I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I'm not going to go out of my way. ~ Joe Rogan
Independent Thought quotes by Joe Rogan
Demonstrative proof is lacking, but if we thought only about those things about which such proof were available, our minds would be empty most of the time. ~ Theodore Dalrymple
Independent Thought quotes by Theodore Dalrymple
Then she took my hand and touched it to the wound beside her eye. I caressed the half-inch scar. As I did so, the waves of her consciousness pulsed through my fingertips and into me - a delicate resonance of longing. Probably someone should take this girl in his arms and hold her tight, I thought. Probably someone other than me. Someone qualified to give her something. Goodbye, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. See you again sometime. ~ Haruki Murakami
Independent Thought quotes by Haruki Murakami
Ren hugged me close and kissed my cheek.
I heard a dramatic sigh behind us. "Ugh, I think I preferred him whiny and despondent. This is just sickening."
Ren growled softly, "Who invited you here anyway?"
"You did."
"Yes, but I didn't invite you 'here.' How did you find us?"
"We flew into Salem, and I found the invitation for the dance at the house. I thought if there was a party, I should be here. Figures that all the pretty girls are taken. Perhaps... I can borrow yours."
Kishan held out a hand but Ren stepped in front of me and threatened, "Over my dead body."
Kishan pushed up the sleeves of his sweater. "Anytime, bro. Let's see what you've got, Mr. Romance. ~ Colleen Houck
Independent Thought quotes by Colleen Houck
What would she have thought as a teenage girl arranging her artfully wasted limbs against the dais of a highly conceptual sculpture? ~ Jill Talbot
Independent Thought quotes by Jill Talbot
Few men want to achieve greatness for humanity, thought Jeffrey. What better person is there to work for? ~ Brad McKinniss
Independent Thought quotes by Brad McKinniss
After I started getting criticism for doing 'Big Brother,' someone told me that Hugh Downs used to host 'Concentration' and Mike Wallace used to do 'The Big Surprise.' I thought, Huh, maybe that door isn't sealed shut if I want to do '60 Minutes' one day. ~ Julie Chen
Independent Thought quotes by Julie Chen
Ah, hell, we all thought she was the hottest thing since fire had been invented ~ Heather Graham
Independent Thought quotes by Heather Graham
The individual feels the futility of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in nature and in the world of thought. ~ Albert Einstein
Independent Thought quotes by Albert Einstein
What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness. ~ Idries Shah
Independent Thought quotes by Idries Shah
I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years. ~ Haley Bennett
Independent Thought quotes by Haley Bennett
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