In 1637, René Descartes marvelled that all humans — "without even excepting idiots" — can "arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts, while there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same".
While it's decidedly less of a risk for today's celebrities to proclaim their support for gay marriage, it still is not lost on us when stars make known their thoughts on marriage equality.
Four million Americans wrote this agency to make known their ideas, thoughts, and deeply-held opinions about Internet openness.
The Devil could not know as much, the brother-in-law protested, to which Burroughs replied, "My God makes known your thoughts unto me".
Perhaps England coach Steve McNamara made known his thoughts on the proposal to strip him of his last two England appearances, won in the low-profile home and away series with France in 1999 while GB were getting tonked down under.
You know, thoughts like that.
And as soon as they wish to make their thoughts known, those thoughts are known.
Post a comment and make your thoughts known.
Raised in a tiny town in Nebraska, he was fascinated that the web would allow someone like him to make his thoughts known to a wider audience.
The proposal passed by three to two, along party lines (Mr Wheeler is a Democrat).Interested parties that would be every American who uses the internet now have 120 days to make their thoughts known to the FCC, after which a doubtless slightly modified proposal will be voted on again.
What hacking the mind may one day mean is a world in which your car would know when you're sleepy, your dreams could appear on a screen, and should you find yourself in a coma, your brain could make your thoughts known.
