I never thought, ‘Oh God, I’m in Prince’s shadow.’ He’d been performing for years, and he was my teacher. – Vanity
So I didn’t have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us. – Vince Gill
Expression and thought are inextricably linked: crude language permits only crude thinking. – Sarah Churchwell
(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. – Tallulah Bankhead
Religion is run by thought police. ‘Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don’t ask questions. Go die for your country.’ The spirituality says, ‘Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you’re doing while you’re doing it.’ – Tommy Chong
Working on the franchise and getting direction from George Lucas – it’s something that I never thought would take place. – Samuel Witwer
When I’d finished, everybody said they wanted me for this movie. At first I thought they meant a nudie flick since an awful lot of nudies are made in Houston. – Shelley Duvall
The first time I really listened to an album and thought, ‘This album is mine,’ was Kanye’s ‘Late Registration.’ – Theophilus London
Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It’s important to stay grounded. – Victoria Justice
For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought. – Samuel Alexander
I don’t really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident. – Takeshi Kitano
I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn’t believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk. – Ulrich Beck
I used to always want a boy, and when I had a girl, I thought I wasn’t going to like it, but I love having a girl. – Ty Dolla Sign
I’d love a day devoid of responsibilities. I’ve often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything. – Sue Townsend
Some days, I think maybe we should try and be a little more conventional, but every time I try, I fail, so I’m learning to not even entertain that thought anymore. – Seinabo Sey
I used to go out and carouse. I was afraid to go to sleep because I thought I might miss something. – Steven Ford
I’m sometimes mystified by people who keep diaries. I never thought of my existence as being that important. – Saul Leiter
Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem. – Theodor Adorno
I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this. – Walter Cronkite
Every thought and word that a novelist thinks or writes is part of that castle constructed from sands on the beach of Me, including the turret or rampart or moat he may have thought or written on behalf of someone or something else. – Steve Erickson
When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now? – Stephen Hopkins
I never believed I’d have a six-pack, especially not at 35 years old. I always thought it was a genetic blessing. It’s not. You just have to be willing to do what it takes. – Sullivan Stapleton
