Quotes About Thoughtful

Whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party.

and with my last thought I felt some real sympathy for those poor chickens.

I'm pretty careful about the things I say ahead of time. I'm thoughtful about not going too far. The only thing you can do occasionally is be too much.

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.

Sailing is the perfect antidote for age, Reyes. Everything you do on a sailboat is done slowly and thoughtfully. Most of the time, an old body is entirely capable of doing whatever needs to be done while you're cruising. And if the sea is determined to teach you a lesson, well, a young back is no more capable than an old one of resisting an ocean, so experience counts more than ever.

They were dreamers, and imaginers, and declarers; they lived looking and looking and looking, seeing the apparent and beyond the apparent, wondering, allowing for uncertainty, also grace, easygoing here, ferociously unmovable there; they were thoughtful.

How come you're staring at your drink?

He gazed thoughtfully at the piece of fabric in her hand. 'Hope' he said, and gave a little smile. 'A quality I should have thought you already possessed in abundance.

I know, she said. She could. She was really irritating like that. Very, he agreed. There was a thoughtful sadness about him- one that seemed very familiar. I guess she did know what she was doing a little, she said. I got an uncle out of it, at least. Richard stopped pushing his folder and looked up. Yeah. He smiled. It's nice to have a niece, too.

Did he go out, drink, have a good time?" "Never." "Does he like money?" "No." "Does he like to be admired?" "No." "Does he believe in God?" "No." "Does he talk much?" "Very little." "Does he listen if others discuss any ... idea with him?" "He listens. It would be better if he didn't.

I looked at my wife. Her face was pensive ...

Living takes life. But it can be thoughtful. A little bit humble about the necessity, maybe. You can consider the costs of your various choices.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thought about, selected, and internalized values.

mission statement is not something you write overnight. It takes deep introspection, careful analysis, thoughtful expression, and often many rewrites to produce it in final form.

What works is good, integrated design that fills a need—carefully thought out, well executed, and tested.

The problem is there are no simple "right" answers for most Web design questions (at least not for the important ones). What works is good, integrated design that fills a need—carefully thought out, well executed, and tested. That

A shiny ring isn't romantic to me. I think thought and love into what you do for the person you're in love with - that's romance.

I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires.

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person that's the nature of the work I do.

Assuming that others think as they do, they expect—instead of ensuring—reciprocity for their thoughtful actions. When this does not happen, they don't speak up. They do not or cannot straightforwardly demand recognition. The dark side of their characters emerges, because of their subjugation, and they become resentful.

A psycho murderer who lubed. How considerate.

The top 10% of the people who are most creative, constructive and thoughtful, do not have much to do with churches. To them the canons of reason come first, making faith secondary and questionable.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

People want something that's relevant to their lives. They want something that means something to them, and they want something where it seems like people have thought about what they're saying.