Quotes About Thoughtful

I spend so much time thinking and I don't generally have strong emotional reactions too much.

Following dragonflies didn't qualify as a clever or well-thought-out plan of action.

The ability to manipulate the environment thoughtfully provides the capacity to shift our vantage point, to hover above the timeline and contemplate what was and imagine what will be.

I also brought some berries." She pulled out a cloth bundle. "I thought you might like something sweet. Can I share them with you?" He eyed her up and down. "I guess you're small enough, you couldn't eat that many.

Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.

And don't forget the presents, said the Chair of Indefinite Studies, as if reading off some internal list of gloom. How...how full of potential they seem in all that paper, how pregnant with possibilities...and then you open them and basically the wrapping paper was more interesting and you have to say 'How thoughtful, that will come in handy.' It's not better to give than to receive, in my opinion, it's just less embarrassing.

I don't really do jolly. I don't know why, I just don't.

Criticism is, or ought to be, a judicious act.

I don't go around making conversation, I just kind of stick to myself.

I was a bookish kid, not really athletic.

To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

The real thinkers of the world aren't the best dressed. Staying on top of the latest fashions, accessorizing, and presenting oneself is time consuming. It takes a lot of effort, energy and concentration to be incessantly happy and perfectly groomed. You meet somebody like that- ask yourself what they're running from.

Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prudent, and his advice will always be valuable, while of his courage I have no doubt.

For instance, until her death, her mother had sent her new underwear in the mail every other month.

Very thoughtful of you, Doyle," he murmured, taking lecherous note of how the chill affected certain regions of her anatomy. His brazen stare erased any last remaining hope that he might not be a party to their crimes. Of course he was. She was naught but merchandise to him.

What book, Professor?' demanded the Doctor. 'An Earth classic, by one of the greatest writers in that planet's history,' said the Professor. 'Terribly funny, terribly thoughtful, wish I could remember the name of it, something about thumbing a lift, and there were towels in it, I remember that, yes, let me think – oh yes, of course, it's called The Hitch—

We need to resist the urge to do something, regardless of whether or not the proposed action is effective.

What I say will be a bit of boasting. The mad wine tells me to do it. Wine sets even a thoughtful man to singing, or sets him into softly laughing, sets him to dancing. Sometimes it tosses out a word that was better unspoken.

K. Thiagarajan is a painfully shy young man. But he is the human personification of the idiom 'Still waters run deep.'

I try to be measured and thoughtful about what I put out there because I know a lot of young people follow me on Twitter, and I take that seriously - which is why I don't exclusively tweet about cookies and 'Game of Thrones' and YA.

My mother would have enjoyed the idea that her name was being used to build bridges. She cared a great deal and was very thoughtful and passionate about education and young women.

As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.

I join a lot of others who say, as someone who is a first time candidate, you have to realize that words matter, and the things you say have a lot broader impact, and I join those who are thinking that we hope that now that Trump is the Republican nominee there's a shift toward a more thoughtful approach to how and what you communicate.

When it comes to romance, I believe in keeping it simple. With my last girlfriend, we were on our way to our favorite restaurant when I pretended that the car was crappin' out. I asked her to get out and check if smoke was coming from the exhaust. When she did, I popped the trunk and inside were six dozen roses and a stuffed bear.