Jean Cocteau Quotes

Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.

My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.

Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.

Pondering is a little like considering and a little like thinking, but looser. To ponder, one must let the facts roll around the rim of the mind's roulette wheel, coming to settle in whichever slot they feed pulled to.

Avery: "So I've been doing some thinking." Cam: "Oh God." Avery: "Shut up.

If you sit on the doorstep long enough, I daresay you will think of something

Every thought is an afterthought.

He had been (Thinking? Praying?) It was all the same thing.

To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.

I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.

Whatever sentence will bear to be read twice, we may be sure was thought twice.

Fishing provides time to think, and reason not to. If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you’ve learned about the grand themes of life.

You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in the quiet and think about things, and sometimes it's way more relaxing to have dead silence.

It's good to reflect on life and take a step back and sit and relax and do something else.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

We have everything we need, in fact, except the most important thing of all — time to think and the habit of thought.

We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to slow down a bit, and take the time to contemplate, meditate, and even pray. It is the only route to a more meaningful and efficient existence.

Most persons who indulge in second thought don't do much thinking when the subject is presented for first thought.

While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.