#thinking

Technically, you don't pay me. And technically, most of what I do is "think." I...rrr. ummm. And when you get right down to it, I'm better at it than you are. -Ennesby & Captain Tagon ↗

— Howard Tayler

#intelligence #military #thinking #intelligence

What are wits for unless a man uses them? ↗

— Ellis Peters

#thinking #wits #intelligence

A mind is a simulation that simulates itself. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#brain #computer #computers #computing #consciousness

The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom is largely a function of intelligence and self-awareness, not time on your hands. But you do become very good at thinking yourself into endless loops of desperation in half the time it would take a normal person. ↗

— Jonathan Tropper

#desperation #thinking #thoughts #wisdom #intelligence

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story? ↗

— Yann Martel

#thinking #world #life

People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. ↗

— Helen Keller

#thinking #life

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die. ↗

— Ted Dekker

#christianity #pessimism #positive-thinking #life

As soon as you get traded, you kind of start thinking where you're going to live, your family, you have to pack. ↗

— Marco Scutaro

#get #going #kind #live #pack

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion. ↗

— Red Haircrow

#creative-thinking #creative-writing #creativity #individuality #life

If there was one life skill everyone on the planet needed, it was the ability to think with critical objectivity ↗

— Josh Lanyon

#life #life