Thinking Enthusiast Pillows

'Jack, you need to start thinking outside the box.'

"Ah - in here I can really relax and think..."

X-RAY

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

'And this year's 'Inquisitive Learner Award' goes to...'

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

'Your classroom management techniques work in practice but not in theory. That worries me.'

Super Student

"Well, if you're still awake when the time changes, you'll lose an hour of overthinking everything, too."

Hanging off every word...

'Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure my little talk has made you all think'

"At least we agree to disagree."

"Discussion topic: Is our society becoming less civil and more violent?"

Human Brain

"This may be Malcolm Gladwell talking, but we were married on the wrong day!"

'Miss, I think I've learnt all I can too.'

'Dad taught me how to tie my shoes, and I taught him how to program the computer.'

"Of course I'm responsible for that marketing plan, but you're responsible for how it turned out!"

'I'm partially passing my Meteorology course.'

"Why don't you try learning from your own mistakes?"

'Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. Next!'

How does it feel to always be the smartest guy in the room, Dr. Kapuchnik? Usually, it feels pretty good. In this particular case, it feels like I'm cheating.

"C'mon, Hillary – just answer the question!"

''Et cetera' implies that you know much more than you really do. . .'

'Even if you do, never admit that you know everything.'

"You're wise, but you lack tree smarts."

"I didn't learn anything in school today but I'll learn twice as much tomorrow."

"My problem is I obsess over whether I worry enough."

John Banville

'Peek inside a woman's trunk, and you peek inside a woman's heart.'

"Thanks a bunch. I'll just run these by our committee and pass them along."

That Pesky 'Why' Chromosome.

'I'm writing an article about intuition of women in business.' - 'Just as I thought.'

"So you can do your homework. That's why you have to learn to read and write."

Scale indicates the value of books.