Quotes About Thoughtfulness

I'm not going out of my way to eat something that's not prepared for me.

One Christmas I had no money, and so I went home and just, like, wrote a poem; I mean, I didn't write them, but I just handed out poems as Christmas presents. Like, 'Here's a Pablo Neruda poem that really made me think of you.'

Oh no, I would never presume to give anyone advice, I would not be so bold.

In a serious relationship, I will definitely write music about a guy. I'm totally into mix tapes and I'm all about small little things. I'll drop by their door and just leave a gift or come over if they're sick and make them chicken noodle soup and rent a DVD and play board games. I think those little things mean a lot to someone.

It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going.

any guy can buy you flowers, but the one who buys you hemorrhoid cream must really, really love you.

Since I left for college I have been remiss in writing and I am sorry for my thoughtlessness in not having written before. I will bring you up to

We are born, we grow up, we live our lives as best we can. If we are thoughtful we are good parents and good partners. If we are wise we strive for integrity and intimacy. If we are fortunate we discover love and joy. If we are able, we make the world a little better than we found it. That is all there is for any of us.

Resisting premature abstraction is as important as abstraction itself.

Clean code always looks like it was written by someone who cares.

Well, well—be careful of what questions you ask, for fear of what answers you may receive.

But it's better to know a lot and say little, I think, than know a little and say a lot.

I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.

I won't say another word -- not one. I know I talk too much, but I am really trying to overcome it, and although I say far too much, yet if you only knew how much I want to say and don't, you'd give me some credit for it.

Never, if you can help it, be the bringer of ill news

she never said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings—which may be a negative talent but is likewise a rare and enviable one.

Perhaps she thought all the more and dreamed as much as ever, but she certainly talked less.

He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.

Think twice before you act.

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

Sometimes chivalry is just nice,

It's the little things, the small efforts, that keep a relationship going.

IT'S NICE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LIKE SOMEONE AND, WITHOUT DECLARING YOURSELF, DO WHAT'S POSSIBLE TO FURTHER HIS HAPPINESS. THIS CAN TAKE THE FORM OF GIFTS, LOVELY FOOD, PUBLICITY, OR ADVANCED WARNING.

She thinks before she acts. Or more properly, she thinks instead of acts. A character flaw, not a virtue.