Thinking Quotes - Page 39

• I think naturally I'm a very visual kind of person. If I wasn't in filmmaking, I'd be in something related to visuals. And I used to actually work as a visual-effects artist.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Artist, Kind, Used

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Space, Elysium, Realistic

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• My favourite stuff is visual, and I always want to work with visual artwork. I think it depends on the person, but for me, photographs of an image of something interesting or inspiring is worth a lot more than words to me. I think every concept I've come up with and turned into films or that will be hopefully become a film comes from images first.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Interesting, Want, Stuff

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 'Star Trek' never grabbed me. Every time I hear about Klingons, I think of those little lint balls that stick to your clothes in the dryer.

  Regina Brett

  Stars, Clothes, Balls

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• I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome.

  Francis Collins

  People, Study, Saved

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• I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents.

  Francis Collins

  Party, Light, Agreement

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• I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.

  Felicia Day

  Hollywood, Fandoms, Comic

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Surprisingly, I think if you're known on the Internet, you're probably an introvert.

  Felicia Day

  Internet, Introvert, Feeling Overwhelmed

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm definitely more of a 'think game' kind of girl. I'll read every single dialogue and codex entry and lore entry. I really do love projecting myself and creating my character.

  Felicia Day

  Girl, Character, Creating

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've played pretty much every single-player RPG there is, has been, ever will be. But as far as the MMOs go, especially with the voice chat, it becomes like hanging out with your friends in a chat channel, and you're playing at the same time. So it becomes a lot more social than people would probably think.

  Felicia Day

  Player, Voice, Rpgs

  Interview with Chris Dahlen, tv.avclub.com. November 6, 2008.

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• I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of Black identity, and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Black, Identity, Tradition

  "Georgetown University professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 30, 2009.

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• I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us who are mere mortals. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mortality says to us that here's a figure who got up every day of his life facing tremendous odds and yet overcame them.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Kings, Odds, Role Models

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• I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s foibles and faults. I think that we do no good to ourselves and do no honor to him by pretending that he did not fail, that he did not wrestle greatly and, at times, surrender to his own sins and his own faults and failures.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Kings, Honor, Faces

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• I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.

  Frans de Waal

  Needs, Moral, Biology

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• I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'

  Alber Elbaz

  Always Trying, Dresses, Ifs

  Interview with Maximilian Rosenbluth, kmh.gallery. April 2, 2012.

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• I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

  Alber Elbaz

  Writing, Play, Basics

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• I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.

  Alber Elbaz

  Writing, Sms, Letters

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• I always think, if I were an editor, and I was invited to a show, and I would have to wait for 45 minutes in the dark or in the cold or in the heat, maybe I would like to have a fresh drink or a piece of chocolate.

  Alber Elbaz

  Dark, Editors, Waiting

  "Celebrations for Elbaz... and plenty self-doubt". Interview with Miles Socha, www.shanghaidaily.com. March 30, 2012.

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• When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it.

  Helen Fisher

  Purple, People, Tomatoes

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• Men want to think women don't cheat, and women want men to think they don't cheat, and therefore the sexes have been playing a little psychological game with each other.

  Helen Fisher

  Sex, Men, Games

  "Love, sex and the changing landscape of infidelity" by Tara Parker-Pope, www.nytimes.com. October 28, 2008.

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• I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons.

  Helen Fisher

  Meaningful, Divorce, People

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• I think with the best actors, emotion is something that has no kind of check in them.

  Romola Garai

  Actors, Emotion, Kind

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• I want people to think I'm sexy, but to know also that I've got an ordinary body and not feel intimidated.

  Romola Garai

  Sexy, People, Ordinary

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• I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time.

  Chris Hardwick

  Nerd, Movement, Outcast

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• I think because we're ourselves, we tend to think we're unique. 'I have problems that are just specific to me.' Then you connect with one of your parents and you realize, 'Oh yeah, we had all that stuff, too.' You're not that original. I mean, in a good way, because it makes you feel like you're connected and a part of the world and not an island.

  Chris Hardwick

  Mean, Unique, Islands

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 7, 2013.

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