“The most important question to ask is "What am I becoming?"”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 52 of 303
“You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”
“Sometimes it's good to remember how bad food can be, so you can enjoy the concept of flavour to the fullest.”
“We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.”
“I don't like watching myself in the movies because I don't like being aware of the product. I like the process. I enjoy that.”
“Every man has a train of thought on which he rides when he is alone.”
“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.”
“Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.”
“One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.”
“People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.”
“I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.”
“We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.”
“The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.”
“Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.”
“Are you asking a question because you want to know the answer or are you asking the question because you want your partner to know that you are having this question?”
“That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place.”
“Before you can pick a social-media strategy, you have to think of your customer and what the value proposition is for them. Social media is a way to engage customers, not to give your business a 'shout out.'”
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
“I've often been a little concerned by people who say they are color-blind, people who claim, in some ways, not to be aware of race, and I hope that those who will be looking for a vision of the future will be a little more honest, and say race actually does matter.”
“What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.”