The Thing Quotes

I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.

There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about golf is its inconstancy.

My friends, it is one thing to go to church or chapel; it is quite another thing to go to God.

Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types.

Multi-tasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

When I walk to the ring, I hear voices telling me what to do and sometimes it's not the right thing, but it's definitely damn entertaining.

It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.

Words are one thing, deeds are quite another.

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

One thing is fact. The events of your life are created by you, and those events come to you through your feelings.

One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.

Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for.

In Khmer we have a saying that when one is both quite sick and old there remains only one thing, that you die.

Everything has changed for me since I've changed my name. It's one thing to be called Prince but it's better to actually be one. I have such a reverence for life.

The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image.

For nothing was simply one thing.

I'm mad, true. But only about one thing. Horror movies. I love spooks. They are a friendly fearsome lot. Very nice people, actually, if you get to know them. Not like these industry chaps out here

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would be easier if you didnt exist.

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.

The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Back in my day in the WWF oh.. the WW EEEEE, we had it all. We had Garbage men, we had clowns, we had them all. But we had one thing that was real, and that was me

One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

You cannot improve one thing by 1000% but you can improve 1000 little things by 1%.

The one thing that fills me with enthusiasm is to try, despite everything, to get nearer to those visions that seem so hard to express.

One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.

One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.

A Christian in the world is one thing, and the world in a Christian is quite another thing. A ship in the water is all right, but when the water gets in the ship, it is quite a different thing.

The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus.

Look around—there's only one thing of danger for you here—poetry.

To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.

Cause you mean the world to me, you are my everything; I swear the only thing that matters, matters to me.

One thing and only one thing a Masonic Lodge can give its members which they can get nowhere else in the world. That one thing is Masonry.