A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high.
The second-most abundant biopolymer on the planet is called chitin, and some 100 million tons of it are produced every year by organisms such as shrimps, crabs, scorpions, and butterflies. We thought if we could tune its properties, we could generate structures that are multifunctional out of a single part.
I never thought I was an achiever and was always low on confidence.
Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.
I never thought, as a kid, that I'd have an action figure, much less an action figure sold in a two-pack with Jake The Snake.
I thought I'd become an actress, but then I realized I eat too much.
I get an especially acute case of agita at the thought of a mortar and pestle.
When I left the military, I thought I would not have any problems with the transition - I'm very adaptable and very versatile - but I was wrong.
A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.
Panic implies that there is no rational thought taking place. That we are frozen and incapable of adjusting. Powerless to logic, and subject to seemingly unthinkable behavior.
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.
I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.
