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Beware of the gap: the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Simply thinking of the gap widens it, and you end up falling through.

Quotes by Matt Haig

You always have to be thinking about your opportunity. You always have to be ready.

Quotes by Matt Cassel

I love to make songs out of some of those shadows - you know, some of the things you lie awake thinking about, social anxieties and romantic insecurities and all that stuff.

Quotes by Matt Berninger

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

It was very clear that I had breast cancer. From a man's perspective, I'm thinking, 'Why me?'

Quotes by Mathew Knowles

I have no doubt that the digital immersion of our children will provide a rich life of entertainment and information and knowledge. My concern is that they will not learn, with their passive immersion, the joy and the effort of...

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

Deep reading refers to a whole continuum of processes that include some of the most important things about thinking and how we connect thought to what we read - critical analysis, analogical reasoning, how we infer from the text, how...

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

I want my thoughts to be an incentive for the reader to give his or her own thoughts. After I wrote 'Proust and the Squid,' I received truly hundreds of letters - I'm still receiving them - and the letters...

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.

Quotes by Masayoshi Son

I think that the women's magazines and a lot of those quick tips for better sex, I think that they do people a disservice, sometimes, because they become very focused on - they're thinking, 'Okay, I read that I should...

Quotes by Mary Roach

I was thinking recently about the popularity of TV shows about people shopping for houses. I wonder if part of their appeal is the chance to vicariously imagine our lives playing out in a variety of spaces. We have a...

Quotes by Mary Szybist

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

Quotes by Mary Wesley

It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write...

Quotes by Mary Oliver

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

Quotes by Mary Martin

I can tell you what images are in your head. I can tell what music you're thinking of. I can tell if you're listening to me or not. That's possible with an MRI now.

Quotes by Mary Lou Jepsen

Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought.

Quotes by Mary Lyon

It is a form of arrogance to assume that other people are even thinking about you.

Quotes by Mary Gauthier

I wasn't thinking about my pension plan until about two years ago. When I was in my twenties, the idea that you'd be thinking of taking a job based on its health-care policy was completely foreign. But these days young...

Quotes by Mary Gordon

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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