22+ Quotes About Overthinking Time. You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts. "i get anxious about everything. Always dwelling on your mistakes and worrying about something that may or may not even happen? Stop making unnecessary problems in your mind with your overthinking habit. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. I waste time thinking of what i should have said or done." — hugh laurie. "time isn't precious at all, because it is an illusion. It can not only steal our confidence, but also the ability to solve problems. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: And here's the really destructive part — it's always retrospective.