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So already, you go from not having a job and thinking you're going to get fired after the pilot, to knowing that you've got a guaranteed job for 4 years.

Quotes by Michael Shanks

If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there's someone else bludgeoning a person to...

Quotes by Michael Shannon

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

Quotes by Michael Porter

Unfortunately, I'm an engineer. I'm always thinking about, what's the task and how do I get it done? And some of my tasks are pretty broad, and pretty fuzzy, and pretty funky, but that's the way I think.

Quotes by Michael Porter

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be...

Quotes by Michael Palin

Linear thinking typifies a highly developed industry. It starts to get these patterns built into it somehow. I'm not sure how that happens, but certainly you take a look at dinosaurs.

Quotes by Michael Nesmith

Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking.

Quotes by Michael Nesmith

I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some things set up over the next couple of months just to go and see. But I have no idea what...

Quotes by Michael Nesmith

I don't walk around the street thinking, 'I'm Michael Madsen,' but then again, I am that guy, and sometimes people do take notice of me. Sometimes it's really not comfortable.

Quotes by Michael Madsen

'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter Gelb. I started thinking about what I could bring to this masterpiece, which has been seen...

Quotes by Michael Mayer

The left-leaning thinking that dominates the movie business follows a common liberal instinct to deny the spiritual dimension to every problem, thereby profoundly compounding the difficulties.

Quotes by Michael Medved

My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is...

Quotes by Michael Lewis

I'd worked at a small town newspaper, and I was thinking of all the strange stories that I had seen float through the newsroom in my time there that were dismissed as kind of amusing curiosities. Somehow from that I...

Quotes by Michael Koryta

I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but it's wrong. In five and a half years in politics up north, no one really bothered to criticize...

Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images.

Quotes by Michael Haneke

I don't want to have anyone else as Prime Minister other than David Cameron, and if people spend their time thinking about some of this stuff, then they are getting in the way of two things: one, a fair, open,...

Quotes by Michael Gove

The problem with all-or-nothing thinking is that it stops people even taking the first steps. The thought of never having pepperoni pizza again somehow turns into an excuse to keep ordering it every week.

Quotes by Michael Greger

My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it.

Quotes by Michael Finley

The best customers for us are the ones that present us with a new problem because chances are, if one customer has that problem, 100 more have it, or 1,000, or 10,000. So you start thinking about solution development rather...

Quotes by Michael Dell

I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.

Quotes by Michael Chabon

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about staying positive?
One quote is honest about the struggle: "At times, I'm thinking negatively, thinking that we don't learn from our mistakes, but then I get more positive-minded." It ends on the hopeful note that the speaker still believes "in the good of humanity." For more uplifting lines, see our Good page.
Is there a quote about self-doubt affecting creative work?
Yes - one quote touches on how confidence issues can stall a project: "when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it," reflecting on the "long gaps" that come from a "lack of confidence." Browse more in our Myself collection.
Does the collection talk about guarding against bias?
One quote makes a strong case for self-awareness, saying it's "essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others."
Is there a quote about leadership and imaginative thinking?
Yes - one quote suggests that "A commander in chief with military experience might be able to prod a conservative military into thinking more imaginatively." For more on everyday perspective, see our Me page.
Do any of these quotes reflect on personal growth?
Several do - from pushing past negative thoughts to overcoming self-doubt, these quotes show how much our inner thinking shapes what we accomplish. Explore more in our Life section.

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