Thoughtful Quotes

• Thoughtful people are concerned with the future because that is the only area of experience about which anything can be done. We cannot change the past, and the present is gone as soon as it is reported, but the future is that in which we can make a difference.

  

  D. Elton Trueblood
  • People
  • Done
  • Experience

• There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?'

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Mind
  • Questions
  • Thoughtful

• The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

  

  Mason Cooley
  • Lonely
  • Thoughtful

• Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • World
  • Great
  • Interesting

• To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

  

  Georg C. Lichtenberg
  • Life
  • Live
  • Thoughtful

• One thing that probably is unique at Activision is that we really spend a lot of time up front with our audiences, and in big quantities and with a very thoughtful process, to really try and draw out from them what it is that they would like to play. So we have a pretty good sense going in what the expectation of the audience is.

  

  Bobby Kotick
  • Up
  • Time
  • Good

• You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Up
  • Time
  • Good

• Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.

  

  Bob Ehrlich
  • People
  • Different
  • Political

• Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Way
  • Always
  • Thoughtful

• The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd.

  

  David Sze
  • Thoughtful

• Our time of national political debate is almost ended. The clamor of these days will soon subside. And your day of thoughtful decision swiftly nears.

  

  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Time
  • Political
  • Decision

• We like the John Gruber model - he writes some long stuff that's very thoughtful and analytical, and then other stuff, he just adds a bit of commentary. I like that.

  

  Daniel Lyons
  • Long
  • Model
  • Thoughtful

• The plant laboratories in which this wonderful and vitally essential transformation is effected are chiefly located in the leaf of the plant... the thoughtful person must regard this structure-the most ordinary green leaf of tree or shrub or vine or the tiniest blade of grass-as in some respects the most wonderful thing in the world.

  

  Luther Burbank
  • World
  • Tree
  • Green

• You don't always have to sing dark things to be thoughtful.

  

  Robert Smith The Cure
  • Dark
  • Thoughtful

• My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Real
  • Done
  • Respect

• If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.

  

  Don Yaeger
  • Time
  • Together
  • Effort

• I am my father's only child. The world knows a two-dimensional Cary Grant. As charming a star and as remarkable a gentleman as he was, he was still a more thoughtful and loving father.

  

  Jennifer Grant
  • World
  • Father
  • Star

• I try to be thoughtful when I speak but not edited. I make mistakes, but people like vulnerability.

  

  Brian Grazer
  • People
  • Thoughtful
  • Vulnerability

• The best word to describe my father? Thoughtful. There was a tender quality to Dad that his sense of fun could sometimes mask. But, above all, he was sensitive and looked out for those he loved.

  

  Jennifer Grant
  • Fun
  • Father
  • Dad

• I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

  

  Bruce Rauner
  • Money
  • Thoughtful

• Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had constituents initiate legislation, lobby for it, organize meetings and events, and, of course, call, mail, e-mail and visit legislators to express their views. It's really great to see how much difference that individuals can make.

  

  Doris Day
  • People
  • Great
  • Help

• Practical gifts are another great way to be thoughtful, and they work for anything from birthdays to dinner-party gifts.

  

  Phoebe Cates
  • Work
  • Great
  • Party

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