Quotes About Concern

This talk of exploding spleens scared the hell out of me. I went back to the apartment and told Dominique what the doctor had said and that he had advised me not to participate in the natural childbirth. She thought it all sounded preposterous. "If anybody's going to explode, it's me if I don't have this baby soon.

pluralistic ignorance "in which each person decides that since nobody is concerned, nothing is wrong. Meanwhile, the danger may be mounting to the point where a single individual, uninfluenced by the seeming calm of others, would react.

Turk had family in Austin, Texas. But they hadn't heard from him lately and wouldn't expect to.

I decided that the ten percent of the population who worry about these things would be appalled by the report, assuming they ever managed to locate it. The remaining ninety would probably just shrug.

Sí, a él también. Pero de quien me preocuparía

Always plan ahead, Lini used to say, but worry too hard over next year, and you can trip over tomorrow.

You bore a hole in the boat and worry that it's raining.

Lo que me preocupa es que el futuro ya haya llegado.

Caring about what you are doing is considered either unimportant or taken for granted.

When one isn't dominated by feelings of separateness from what he's working on, then one can be said to "care" about what he's doing. That is what caring really is, a feeling of identification with what one's doing.

The opposite of love is not hate; its opposite is indifference.

the real problem has gotten bigger, not better.

Most people worry so much, they think you're not right if you don't worry.

What is the matter with Harrison Miller, anyway?

Almanzo! What's the matter? Be you sick? It's five o'clock!

I wondered if I had offended him. I wondered if I cared.

What's the matter with you tonight? he asked when we were out of earshot of Stirling and Co. I told you. No, he said, it isn't just the murder tonight. Hell, I've seen you kill people and be less upset afterwards. What's wrong?

But she's reading the email over and over again and playing Adele and Amy Winehouse," Paige reveals. Adele and Amy Winehouse? Oh no. We'd better keep an eye on her," I say grimly.

Stalking the girls' softball team again?

Dad: And that tree is sick. See how the branches on the left don't have any buds? I should call someone to take a look at it. Don't want it crashing into your room during a storm. Thanks, Dad. Like I'm not already having a hard time sleeping. Worry #64 : flying tree limbs.(...)

She wants to hear all about our day, how long I've lived in town, and asks little sideways questions about my parents, so she can figure out if I'm the kind of friend she wants for her daughter. I don't mind. I think it's nice that she cares.

Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

Science and education, when devoid of a social conscience or environmental and human concern, are meaningless.