Thinking Good Quotes

If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie. ~ Alexander Payne

Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know? ~ Candace Cameron Bure

I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it. ~ Halle Berry

The city (regardless which one it is) does provide a certain degree of sophistication and intellectualism. It offers the challenge of professional matters. It throws new and interesting people in one's path. There is a dynamic and an energy in cities which is diametric to the life-forces of the forest.
Still the cabin is the wellspring, the source, the hub of my existence. It gives me tranquility, a closeness of nature and wildlife, good health and fitness, a sense of security, the opportunity for resourcefulness, reflection and creative thinking ... ~ Anne LaBastille

With men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider."
"What does sedentary mean?" asked Wilbur.
"Means I sit still a good part of the time and don't go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think. ~ E.B. White

The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing. ~ Abdallah II Of Jordan

I think people know that I've got a good heart. ~ David Hasselhoff

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be. ~ Chuck Jones

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something. ~ Lauren Conrad

Life is all about change. If it were static, think about how boring it would be. You can't be afraid of it, and you can't worry that you'll mess things up. You deserve good things, and I want to be one of them. ~ Ellen Hopkins

It's supposed to be a good thing that he's got this dialogue started. To me, I think, I just took away something bad from it, because, apparently he had to do this not to convince them of anything. To educate them. ~ Bill Maher

I have been brought up open-minded. If I didn't know any people from other countries, I'd think everyone was evil based on news stories. But I know a lot of people, and know that there is no such thing as stark good and evil. Isn't it possible there is the same amount of evil everywhere? ~ Marjane Satrapi

Simply by performing good actions and thinking good thoughts you will not attain enlightenment. It takes something more. ~ Frederick Lenz

I can go back to my very first movie, Thirteen, and think about that exact moment when I saw Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood do their chemistry read audition together. It just came alive. I was filming it with a video camera and I was like, "I know I can make a good movie now." ~ Catherine Hardwicke

I'd like to make a great movie. I've made many movies. I think I've made some good movies. I've never felt I've made a great movie. ~ Woody Allen

My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art. ~ Thom Yorke

Live theater is just an incredibly powerful medium, and I think anyone who goes, whether they know about it or not, if they see something that sort of fits with them, it's kind of hard to deny that they had a good time. ~ Harry Connick, Jr.

There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior. ~ Steven Seagal

I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind. ~ Thom Yorke

I don't have a kid, but I think that I would be a good father, especially if my baby liked to go out drinking. ~ Eugene Mirman

My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice. ~ Amy Sedaris

You ever make fun of someone so much, you think you should thank them for all the good times you've had? ~ Dave Attell

I think there are certain subjects I don't want to tackle, that I don't think I could do a good job with. I don't think I'd be good with ... broad comedy? I don't know. Maybe I would. ~ John Carpenter

Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together."
Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me.
Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so? ~ Ernest Hemingway,

I think there's really only been one successful video game adaptation, and that was probably 'Tomb Raider.' Whether or not you thought it was a good movie, it was successful financially. ~ David S.Goyer

I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time. ~ Scott Ian

It's a good thing when you don't dare do something if you don't think it's right. But it's not good when you think something's not right because you don't dare do it. ~ Sigrid Undset

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives. ~ Timothy Ferriss

If we can't stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can't move forward. ~ Brene Brown

Very often we sit back thinking good things will happen, knowing that good things take time and hoping that someone else will do it. The world needs us! ~ Sharad Vivek Sagar

One of the biggest struggles of my life is my weight. My weight is always going up and down, and I'm always fighting that, and I think that no matter what I do, I'm never going to look good enough to everybody else. ~ Khloe Kardashian

You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that's why it ranks up at the top, because before then, I didn't even think I was good enough to be a professional ballplayer. ~ Barry Sanders

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist. ~ Clarence Thomas

A girl just asked for SAT scores good enough to get her into Yale. I think she was nine. ~ Richelle Mead

When you think small and up the middle, good things happen. ~ Alex Rodriguez

I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger. ~ Jane Kaczmarek

The less you use your brain, the less it will be there for use when you need it. ~ Auliq Ice

I think I made good movies. ~ Jane Campion

I'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it. ~ J.D. Salinger

I enjoyed my breakfast this morning, and I think that was a good thing and do not think it was condemned by God. But I do not think myself a good man for enjoying it. ~ C.S. Lewis

Most good thinking has its origin in fear. ~ Alain De Botton

Sometimes, some of us in some things we do know better. When we know better, I think it's imperative that we do better. Otherwise we're perpetuating myths that have for centuries done us no good. Men and women alike. No one is exempt from being called into consciousness. ~ Jill Alexander Essbaum

For all that Tron wanted to be, it ultimately had to be a fun ride for the audience and I was going to be one of the comic characters, and he was really on top of that. He was having such a good time doing it. That's my memory of it. I'd love to work with him again. I think he's great. ~ James Frain

I think when you get all the money and all the freedom, rarely do you get a good movie out of it or a movie that you're proud of. ~ Guillermo Del Toro

Don't go there Rule" Lawe warned him softly. " I don't think your horoscope declared today to be a good day to die. ~ Lora Leigh

Your Majesty, please get down. My friend Aris is really a very good man, and if you fall off that wall he's going to hang for it, and so will his squad, most of whom are also nice men, and though I can't say I really care if your attendants hang, there are probably many people that do care, and would you please, please get down?"
The king looked at him, eyes narrowed. "I don't think I've ever heard you say that many words in a row. You sounded almost articulate. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

I've always believed that you can funnel good things toward yourself by thinking positiviely. ~ Jim Carrey

You have a good heart and you think the good thing is to be guilty and kind but it's not always kind to be gentle and soft, there's a genuine violence softness and kindness visit on people. Sometimes self-interested is the most generous thing you can be. ~ Tony Kushner

I find it very difficult to think of mistakes; not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to look only at the good things in life ... As for what lost the most money, probably Virgin Cola. It is still No 1 in Bangladesh though. ~ Richard Branson

I like David Cameron. He has had a couple of rough statements, but that's okay, I think David Cameron's a good man. ~ Donald Trump

Fear you?" she said without thinking. "Good God, I would never do that."
Easing her head back, Westcliff looked at her while a slow smile spread across his face. "No, you wouldn't," he agreed. "You'd spit in the devil's eye if it suited you. ~ Lisa Kleypas

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man. ~ Ken Mehlman

I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy', because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things. ~ Guy Pearce

I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control. ~ Amy Grant

Her cake is a failure, but she is loved anyway. She is loved, she thinks, in more or less the way the gifts will be appreciated: because they have been given with good intentions , because they exist, because they are part of a world in which one wants what one gets. ~ Michael Cunningham

Everything about this is embarrassing" she said. "D'you know how embarrassing it is to mention good and evil in a scientific laboratory? Have you any idea? One of the reasons I became a scientist was not to have to think about that kind of thing. ~ Philip Pullman

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company. ~ Michel De Montaigne

I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned being beaten up by these good men. ~ Clement Freud

My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too. ~ Magic Johnson

In order to be kind, one must do. There is no point in thinking good thoughts and not acting on them. There is no currency in wishing things were better but not rolling up one's sleeves and helping to change them. ~ Ingrid Newkirk

Change your life experiences through the thoughts you think.
Practice thinking good thoughts and your life will reflect what you are thinking.
We have the blessing of choice. ~ Valerie Kerr

I think at this point in my life, I'd like to play more good guys than bad guys. ~ Timothy Olyphant

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver. ~ Theresa May

I'm still a martial artist at heart. I believe in controlling yourself ... I think that's huge in life-to be a good man. ~ Cub Swanson

I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days. ~ Anne Roiphe

It is not much good thinking of a thing unless you think it out. ~ H.G.Wells

I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem. ~ Tom Petty

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential. ~ Richard G. Scott

The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering' -come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer. ~ George Clooney

A good thing is I've been playing tennis I think every day for the last two months. I really haven't had a day off. I've been doing things that I did used to do. ~ Stefan Edberg

And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it's enough. I really do because they've made me happy. And I'm only one person. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I want to have a good time myself. I don't want to dread going to work no matter what the gig is. I think, selfishly, I will make sure that I have a good time; how about that? ~ Tom Hanks

When a patient says he feels stuck and confused, and through good intentions he struggles to become loose and clear, he only remains chronically trapped in the mire of his own stubbornness. If instead he will go with where he is, only then is there hope. If he will let himself get deeply into the experience of being stuck, only then will he reclaim that part of himself that is holding him. Only if he will give up trying to control his thinking, and let himself sink into his confusion, only then will things become clear. (64) ~ Sheldon B. Kopp

A good listener is usually thinking of something else. ~ Kin Hubbard

A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity. So, if any one man, in his own proper person, afford stuff for a good joke to anybody, let him not be backward, but let him cheerfully allow himself to spend and be spent in that way. And the man that has anything bountifully laughable about him, be sure there is more in that man than you perhaps think for. ~ Herman Melville

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking. ~ Alex Winter

It is hard to find something where you can go off as much as I do in stand-up, but I think stand-up allows me that freedom where you can really go off and have a good time. ~ Robin Williams

As much as I'd like to think I'm a really good designer, I'm average. ~ Curt Schilling

Of course, this is the season to be jolly, but it is also a good time to be thinking about those who aren't. ~ Helen Valentine

Sometimes having a good time can be the outward evidence of a deep re-thinking. ~ Adam Gopnik

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do. ~ Emanuel Swedenborg

If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~ Elton John

She said a good day ain't got no rain
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
And I think of things that might have been ~ Paul Simon

I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn. ~ Kid Rock

I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't. ~ Madison Smartt Bell

What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's what's on your plate. And I think that's a good thing, because we know, obviously, about food. ~ Anthony Bourdain

The person, whom you favored with a loan, if he be a good man, will think himself in your debt after he has paid you. ~ Richard Steele

I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results. ~ Barbara Kruger

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. ~ Pleasefindthis

Yeah, I think we have to. If we want our shows to be - if we want the quality of the shows to be good, and we want the energy to be high, and if we want to be in good enough physical shape to do them, and not exhaust ourselves on the road, and not get stale, we have to pace. ~ Jerry Garcia

Mistletoe," said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry's head. He jumped out from under it.
"Good thinking," said Luna seriously. "It's often infested with nargles. ~ J.K. Rowling

Today you are more inclined to put your ideas and visions into action than usual were you have the ability to express yourself and solve problems alone. ~ Auliq Ice

I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing. ~ Rowan Atkinson

When you start thinking as far as what's a good photo, unfortunately everything starts looking like a good photo. ~ Henry Rollins

Animation, for me, is a wonderful art form. I never understood why the studios wanted to stop making animation. Maybe they felt that the audiences around the world only wanted to watch computer animation. I didn't understand that, because I don't think ever in the history of cinema did the medium of a film make that film entertaining or not. What I've always felt is, what audiences like to watch are really good movies. ~ John Lasseter

Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together. ~ Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon

With some break-ups, all you can think about afterwards is how badly it ended and how much the other person hurt you. With others, you become sentimental for the good times and lose track of what went wrong. ~ David Levithan

I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate. ~ Simon Cowell

I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included. ~ Ingrid Michaelson

But isn't there always
one good thing
to look back on?
think of
how many cups of coffee we
drank together. ~ Charles Bukowski