Quotes About Consideration

Why hadn't that been part of his stupid lifelong redemption program: Do what my wife asks immediately so she doesn't feel like a nag.

You mustn't take any notice of her,' says Enigma. 'I often sing a little song in my head until she's finished talking.

The risk of upsetting Stan outweighed the risk of upsetting Amy. The risk of upsetting Stan had always outweighed the risk of upsetting any of the children. Nearly always.

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

and she feels a rush of motherly affection for her, so much so that she even considers tucking the blanket under Veronika's chin, except she doesn't want to risk waking her and feeling her affection evaporate.

Never ask advice from someone who has something at stake or something to lose from your decision. The more objective the person is the greater value you should place on the input.

Mi sento dire spesso: «Eh, ma ormai siete dappertutto», come se fossimo una specie di epidemia. Facciamo qualsiasi mestiere, possiamo conquistare ogni carica, in fondo. Siamo protagoniste delle pubblicità e dei film. Ma se è per questo, di immagini femminili è piena da sempre anche la pornografia. Non è la quantità a fare la visibilità. È la considerazione, è l'autorevolezza, sono i ruoli che ricopriamo.

You have to treat everyone you meet as if they are the most important person in the world - because they are. If not to you, then to someone, and if not today, then perhaps tomorrow.

I was suffering from the delusion that it's the thought that counts.

I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.

I want to focus on each scene. I'm a real perfectionist, and I don't want to feel like I didn't consider every possible variation of a scene. I come from a theater background, so I'm used to a lot of repetition, and I'm used to really attacking something over and over and over again.

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

I once hosted a dinner party where I had two guests with some serious food restrictions - one was vegan and the other didn't eat red meat... steak and fish were our dinner. Now I always serve family style with a variety of food groups - so there is something for everyone. Always ask your guests if they have any allergies.

There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do.

Raising taxes is not a frivolous venture that you do on the editorial page of 'The New Republic,' for god sakes. It's something that you really have to think about and go through carefully.

It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject - whether from the Left or the Right, a poet or a plumber - to the Beltway version, in which the only aspects of the issue that matter are the effects it will have on the fortunes of the two parties and the various men in power.

The epiphany was simply tucked away for consideration after we were back on campus. Sometimes a revelation comes with a flash of heavenly light and a booming voice - and sometimes it is jotted in a sun-bleached spiral notebook.

stood as she left the table, and wondered if three

longer looking at the

Virginia Fenwick is considering selling

If I had a family crest, it would read Please Don't Make Me Be an Asshole.

All of us are in an ever-escalating arms race for who can be the most considerate.

Aunt Maria would mildly observe that, next time Uncle Podger was going to hammer a nail into the wall, she hoped he'd let her know in time, so that she could make arrangements to go and spend a week with her mother while it was being done.

George got out his banjo after supper, and wanted to play it, but Harris objected: he said he had got a headache, and did not feel strong enough to stand it.  George thought the music might do him good—said music often soothed the nerves and took away a headache; and he twanged two or three notes, just to show Harris what it was like. Harris said he would rather have the headache.