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Think!

"When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself."

"Plato (427BC-347BC) Greek philosopher, author"

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely

simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers

are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

Jacob Bronowski (1908 - 1974) English historian, mathematician

"I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school."

"Peter De Vries (1910-1993) US novelist, editor"

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely

rearranging their prejudices.

Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) US broadcast journalist

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are

certainly worth thinking about.

"Arthur C. Clarke (1917-____) English science writer, science-fiction writer"

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Ernest Dimnet (1866 - 1954) French cleric

In "The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases," by

Donald Bolander, 1987.

If everyone is thinking alike

then somebody isn't thinking.

"George S. Patton (1885-1945) US army officer, armored-warfare

tactician"

If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.

Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974) US producer

"Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking."

Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) English chemist

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

"Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, critic"

Our opinions become fixed at the point where

we stop thinking.

"Ernest Renan (1823-1892) French philosopher, historian, scholar"

Reading furnishes the mind only with

materials of knowledge; it is thinking that

makes what we read ours.

John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and

unhappiness.

"James Thurber (1894-1961) US novelist, humorist, cartoonist"

The real purpose of books is to trap the

mind into doing its own thinking.

"Christopher Morley (1890-1957) US novelist, journalist"

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-US political scientist

There is no expedient to which a man will not

go to avoid the real labor of thinking.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931) US inventor

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or

singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant

mixture of them all.

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973) English novelist, scholar

Referring to The Last Homely House, "The Hobbit."

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of

accuracy of thinking.

Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955) US poet, author

Opus Posthumous," Knopf 57

Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a

thinker you must be a frowning bore, because

thinking is so damn serious.

Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973) French philosopher

In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have

made an international reputation for myself thinking

once or twice a week.

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) English dramatist, critic

In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.

I am not what I think. I am thinking what I

think.

Eric Butterworth ( - ____) In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,

1997.

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to

cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only

of certain persons.

Will Cuppy (1884 - 1949) US writer, critic

Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; but doing well is the wisest and best of all.

Persian Proverb

A conclusion is the place where you got tired

thinking.

Martin H. Fischer (1879 - 1962) scientist Fischerisms, by Howard Fabing and Ray

Marr.

THINK

AND

THINK AGAIN!!!