Thoughtfully Quotes

#1. And Jasmine, royal princess and daughter of the sultan..." the little old religious man trailed off, confused. "I'm sorry, daughter. I don't remember all of your names. Rose of Agrabah? Twice Great-Granddaughter of Elisheba the Wise?"
"I think it was Elisheba," Jasmine said thoughtfully.

Liz Braswell

#2. He regarded her thoughtfully, and something about that look traveled up her spine like a trailed finger.

Julie Anne Long

#3. I see." said the vampire thoughtfully.

Anne Rice

#4. Aithinne smiles. "You know," she says thoughtfully, "your hair rather looks like an octopus." Then, as if to reassure me: "I love octopi."

And Aithinne is obviously a bit barmy, but nobody's perfect.

Elizabeth May

#5. There was no law that explicitly banned women from driving in Saudi Arabia. There is none today - the Kingdom's notorious female driving ban is a matter of social convention, fortified by some ferocious religious pressures. So some Saudi women started looking thoughtfully at their Kuwaiti sisters.

Robert Lacey

#6. Elwood had thoughtfully fed Patrick. There was a clean-licked plate on the kitchen tile. Patrick was curled up before a gas fireplace, though there was no fire.

Michael Grant

#7. So all in their different fashions pursued their daily lives, thoughtfully or not; everything seemed to be following is usual course, as is the way in monstrously strange circumstances when everything is at stake: we go on with our lives as though nothing were the matter.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

#8. You know," he said thoughtfully, "sometimes I still amaze myself.

Anonymous

#9. No conscious person can read Peter D'Adamo's works without considering much more thoughtfully how their genetic inheritance relates to their needs for specific food, lifestyle and environmental factors to improve their health.

Jeffrey Bland

#10. Let us read thoughtfully; this is a great secret in the right use of books.

George Gilfillan

#11. He may be deaf and a little hard of thinking, but elderly wizards have very well-trained survival instincts, and they know that when a tall figure in a black robe and the latest in agricultural handtools starts looking thoughtfully at you it is time to act fast.

Terry Pratchett

#12. I like it when shows end intentionally, and Review, especially, has such a long form narrative that it feels like you need to give it a thoughtfully constructed finale.

Andy Daly

#13. Because of the power of neuroplasticity, you can, in fact, reframe your world and rewire your brain so that you are more objective. You have the power to see things as they are so that you can respond thoughtfully, deliberately, and effectively to everything you experience.

Elizabeth Thornton

#14. The Queen touched her lips thoughtfully with a single long white finger. 'The Fair Folk, unlike humans, do not concern themselves overmuch with liking. Love, perhaps, and hate. Both are useful emotions. But liking ... She shrugged elegantly.

Cassandra Clare

#15. Well, I always thought of God as...an uncle," she says thoughtfully."I finally came to realize he was my father.

Amanda Hudson

#16. How'd he taste?"
Like a five second rule Oreo ... " he said thoughtfully
A five second rule Oreo?"
A little dirty, but still sweet ...

Amy Lane

#17. Photography is the mirror, more faithful than any actual mirror, in which we witness at every age, our own aging. The actual mirror accompanies us through time, thoughtfully and treacherously; it changes with us, so that we appear not to change.

Christian Metz

#18. It's just that it always happens when I think I'm getting over him," I said thoughtfully. "I'm good for a while and then - bam!" I

Paloma Ainsa

#19. This benefit of seeing ... can come only if you pause a while, extricate yourself from the maddening mob of quick impressions ceaselessly battering our lives, and look thoughtfully at a quiet image ... the viewer must be willing to pause, to look again, to meditate.

Dorothea Lange

#20. Now if you'll excuse me, gentlemen, I need to play Russian roulette with our planet's future with the bullet you've so thoughtfully provided. I hope you don't mind if I don't see you out.

John Scalzi

#21. It has been a prosy day for us," she said thoughtfully, "but to some people it has been a wonderful day. Some one has been rapturously happy in it. Perhaps a great deed has been done somewhere today-- or a great poem written-- or a great man born.

L.M. Montgomery

#22. He's putting a lot of cards down on the table," Trey said thoughtfully, taking a step forward. "And Matthias is never one to share something for free if he could charge for it."
"And you're not normally one to think for himself," Matthias said pleasantly. "I suppose we're all growing as people.

Scott Tracey

#23. Captain Reed eyed him thoughtfully. "I built my whole life around the stories they about me. You know what I learned?"

Archer shook his head.

"What you do makes you who you are....

Traci Chee

#24. Parenting, when it is pursued seriously and thoughtfully, is not only life's most important career, but its most joyful and fulfilling career.

Linda Eyre

#25. Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them ... To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly, is the only way to meet supreme opportunities when they come, whether open-faced or disguised.

Maltbie Davenport Babcock

#26. Before you marry, you have to get shot by an arrow and fall in love," the boy explained. He paused thoughtfully. "But I don't think the rest of it hurts as much as the beginning.

Lisa Kleypas

#27. Being crazy is not a pre-requisite for joining black ops." "No," said Daniel, thoughtfully. "But I think it helps.

Karen Miller

#28. Strange stared thoughtfully at her for several seconds, so that Arabella mistakenly supposed he must be considering what she had just said. But when he spoke it was only to say in a tone of gentle reproof, "My love, you are standing on my papers." He took her arm and moved her gently aside.

Susanna Clarke

#29. I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.

B.K.S. Iyengar

#30. If we experience life thoughtfully and bravely, we discover the journey doesn't end in a watercolored sunset on the horizon. Rather, we keep finding new roads with even greater challenges. Our ambitions expand because our courage soars, one success at a time.

Karen Henry Clark

#31. Who among us has not gazed thoughtfully and patiently at a painting of Jackson Pollock and thought "What a piece of crap?"

Rob Long

#32. I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do it thoughtfully. I don't try to just shock. I try to make a statement.

Jeff Ross

#33. Those who yearn for the end of capitalism should pray for government by men who believe that all positive action is inimical to what they call thoughtfully the fundamental principles of free enterprise.

John Kenneth Galbraith

#34. you up. Please go back to bed," he says and kisses me thoughtfully. I hug him, feeling concerned.

Rebecca Byler

#35. Student - any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully.

John Piper

#36. You know Mountgerald, the big house at the end of the High Street? There's a ghost there, a workman on the house who was killed as a sacrifice for the foundation. In the eighteenth century sometime; that's really fairly recent," he added thoughtfully.

Diana Gabaldon

#37. Was it - was she making a real prediction?'
Dumbledore looked mildly impressed.
'Do you know, Harry, I think she might have been,' he said thoughtfully. 'Who'd have thought it? That brings her total of real predictions up to two. I should offer her a pay raise ...

J.K. Rowling

#38. He was leaning back on his bench, scratching his chin thoughtfully. "Why would Charkov sleep with you?" "Gee, I don't know," I said, glowering. "Maybe because he's got good taste?

Rachel Bach

#39. Moonlight cast its gentle light before her, highlighting everything from the burgeoning garden to where cut alfalfa lay in wakes of swerving shadows. She kicked through it thoughtfully, remembering the first time.

Marcha A. Fox

#40. Queen Morgause," said Gwenever thoughtfully, "must have been a strange person.

T.H. White

#41. Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has Brain."
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."
There was a long silence.
"I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything.

Benjamin Hoff

#42. She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off a cliff and muse thoughtfully to herself on the way down.

Brandon Sanderson

#43. Two men with a camera, thoughtfully observing the visual cacophony of one major thoroughfare and the complicated interplay of its history, its present, and the certainty of change, have laid the groundwork for a dialogue and a vision that reaches farther than human eyes can see.

Vicki Goldberg

#44. Books speak to us thoughtfully, one at a time. They demand our attention. And they demand that we briefly put aside our own beliefs and prejudices and listen to someone else's. There's one questions I think we should ask one another a lot more often, and that's "what are you reading?

Will Schwalbe

#45. People in New Hampshire know that I'll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue.

John Sununu

#46. Natural consequences is actually a parenting concept, but one I use on myself, because sometimes my ability to thoughtfully reflect on a difficult situation is in line with a four-year-old's.

Kelly Williams Brown

#47. I don't want to talk as much,' she said, denting her chin thoughtfully with her forefinger. 'It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures.

L.M. Montgomery

#48. What did you do?" "Well, you see, there was this pot of tea, simply sitting there ... " He trailed off.
"Useful thing, tea," commented Lyall thoughtfully.

Gail Carriger

#49. Nugget?" said Micah, offering a lump to Toby.
"Thanks," said Toby. He took a bite and chewed thoughtfully.
"I think maybe it is a squirrel." He said.

Ridley Pearson

#50. Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.

Patricia Briggs

#51. In America, we are blessed with the freedom to speak our minds - and we should do so thoughtfully. We also have to recognize that people who disagree with us are not enemies. We're all in this together - and we should act like it. In

Dana Perino

#52. Any book thoughtfully read sharpens the mind and improves on and individual's professional potential.

James F. Amos

#53. The flanger setting ... makes it sound as if the chord is being chewed over thoughtfully by a large genie accustomed to telling long, implausible stories

Tim Brookes

#54. Harriet told her, 'Captain John was so brave. He stayed there in the battle until his leg was shot off.' Victoria's brown eyes rested thoughtfully on Captain John. Why didn't he stay until the other leg was shot off?' she asked. But he still seemed to like Victoria best.

Rumer Godden

#55. If I could give a shout-out to anything in the childhood world, I have to say 'Daniel Tiger.' I want to write a love letter to everyone on that staff. It is so perfectly, thoughtfully, lovingly done. And as a parent, it is the one thing out of everything that we dip in to that really helps.

Emma McLaughlin

#56. To live thoughtfully with Christlike love we must allow ourselves to be disturbed by the grotesque realities surrounding us and sympathetically enter into the nightmarish suffering of others.

Gregory A. Boyd

#57. If I were going to name my blade," Mia said thoughtfully, "I'd call it 'Fluffy.

Jay Kristoff

#58. LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg "pate".

Ambrose Bierce

#59. I think one of the shortcomings of reality, of real experience, is most people's inability to examine something carefully and thoughtfully without moving around or being distracted by something else. What photography does really is it forces you to examine something you normally wouldn't.

Grant Mudford

#60. But there is nothing to prevent a layman from taking just one Psalm a day, for instance in his night prayers, and reciting it thoughtfully, pausing to meditate on the lines which have the deepest meaning for him.

Thomas Merton

#61. But Hyacinth Bridgerton, who at ten should have known the least about kisses of anyone, just blinked thoughtfully, and said, I think it's nice. If they're laughing now, they'll probably be laughing forever.

Julia Quinn

#62. Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror.

Richard Burr

#63. Everybody oughta have a dog," he said thoughtfully, his hand still scratching Beau. "Dogs teach you love and kindness. They remind you what's important." He nodded and took a sip of his coffee. "A life ain't much of a life without a dog in it, s'what I always said.

Dan Gemeinhart

#64. It is inexcusable that the richest country in the world does not take care of all of its people. We don't consider ourselves idealistic; we're thoughtfully trying to make a beautiful health care model.

Patch Adams

#65. I don't think I'd be able to fit that thing in my mouth, she said conversationally, pursing her lips up thoughtfully as she stared between his legs.

R.L. Mathewson

#66. Spend your money thoughtfully & secretly, you walk free. That was the way it was in america these days. Who knows? Maybe it had always been that way

James Patterson

#67. It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh,' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully, 'for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.

L. Frank Baum

#68. The lone guard was asleep at his desk. Loch thoughtfully woke him up by prodding his throat with her sword, and it was agreed that the guard would spend the night peacefully and quietly bound and gagged in the broom closet.

Patrick Weekes

#69. Preparing citizens to act thoughtfully to create a more just, open, and creative society gives form, substance and meaning to often abstract concepts of freedom and democracy.

Gregory S. Prince Jr.

#70. Original sin," he said thoughtfully. "That's about Adam an' - no, wait. I remember. Everybody's supposed to be sinful to start with because it takes a sin to get'm started.

Theodore Sturgeon

#71. To have a family is real strange," said India thoughtfully. "All these people you wouldn't have anything to do with except that they're related to you.

Michael McDowell

#72. I could tell you a tale about something,' Miach offered, rubbing her hand absently. 'If you like.'
She frowned thoughtfully. 'What sort of something?'
'Something that would soothe you,' he promised. 'I'm sure there would be swords involved. Bloodshed. Peril. That kind of thing.

Lynn Kurland

#73. cultivate imagination, which means to develop your power of sympathy, and I entreat you to decide thoughtfully what makes a human being great in his time and in his station. The

Bill Dedman

#74. Get lost, Dorothy." "It's the thing we don't expect, Billina, that usually happens," observed the girl, thoughtfully.

L. Frank Baum

#75. Huh" Wayne said thoughtfully "Tea's poisoned."
With that, he toppled to the ground.

Brandon Sanderson

#76. I suck thoughtfully on the word "temporary". It could be my time with him is as temporary as hair dye, or an adrenaline rush. I decide I'll take either one.

Tarryn Fisher

#77. The sunlight, penetrating the gaps in the tall trees, plays chess on the gravestones, shifting slowly and thoughtfully across the worn old stones. The wind, like a hundred violins, plays perpetually in the topmost branches of the deodars.

Ruskin Bond

#78. Purpose," he said thoughtfully. "You know you can't stop them all.'
"If I don't try, I won't stop any.

Leigh Bardugo

#79. Remained on hands and knees, eyes narrowed thoughtfully,

Diana Gabaldon

#80. Well, I don't know," said the Story Girl thoughtfully. "I think there are two kinds of true thing - true things that are, and true things that are not, but might be.

L.M. Montgomery

#81. I believe you to be strictly honorable.'He thoughtfully emptied his cup. 'I wish I could add you were intelligent,' he went on, knocking on his head with his knuckles.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#82. No," said Arthur, "no," he added thoughtfully. "No," he added again, even more thoughtfully. "What?" he said at last.

Douglas Adams

#83. Mercy," said my mother thoughtfully, "you never told me your werewolf neighbor was quite that hot.

Patricia Briggs

#84. Pleasure is a difficult taskmaster, ' Trenton observed thoughtfully, 'and one that people do not mind submitting to. Most don't even realize that it is their master. Once they are enslaved to pleasure, it deceives them into believing that they control their own lives.

Erika Mathews

#85. Emma pursed her lips thoughtfully. "Okay, here's a really bad analogy for you. Aidan is like the Indy 500 of Sex, and I need someone who is more - "
"Bumper cars?" Casey asked.
"I was going to say the slow lane, smartass.

Katie Ashley

#86. Men can bed any woman," she said stiffly. "It means nothing."
He paused. "Nothing," he repeated thoughtfully. "It rarely means nothing. And sometimes, in very particular circumstances, it means a great deal.

Caroline Linden

#87. The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.

Dee Hock

#88. Later on, when they had all said "Good-by" and "Thank-you" to Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet walked home thoughtfully together in the golden evening, and for a long time they were silent.

Wendy Mass

#89. As I quietly stare off into space, eyes glazed over and brow thoughtfully taut, know that I am going about my business. I am a storyteller. Daydreaming is the best part of my job.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#90. How could such a powerful animal possess so generous a temperament as to carry man obediently and thoughtfully through the ages

Shania Twain

#91. Thoughtfully assessing and addressing enterprise risk and placing a high value on corporate transparency can protect the one thing we cannot afford to lose: trust.

Dale E. Jones

#92. I'm not a stranger to your love of lost causes, dear one. But you have to be careful who you meet," he said, stoking a pipe thoughtfully. "You can't unmeet them.

Jodi Lynn Anderson

#93. Honor is a simple word; it means to give special respect and to pay tribute. It means to respond to teachings that have been patiently and thoughtfully given. Each of our families would be more happy if we as children would honor our fathers and our mothers.

Hugh W. Pinnock

#94. I really believe," said Wanda thoughtfully,"that your madness is nothing but a demonic, unsatisfied sensuality. Our unnatural way of life must generate such illnesses. Were you less virtuous, you would be completely sane.

Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

#95. Whatever." Ten snorted. "Sex solves everything with a guy." "I don't know," Caroline murmured, chewing on her lip thoughtfully. "This is Asher we're talking about. Not you.

Linda Kage

#96. In answer to the question, "Shouldn't the commandments be rewritten?," someone thoughtfully replied, "No, they should be reread."

Richard L. Evans

#97. You are indestructible .J
For some reason I felt light-headed when I finished writing and looked up at her, like I'd stood up too fast or the oxygen had left my brain. Oh pulled her arm back, looked thoughtfully at the words, and replied, It's upside down, but I like it. You done good, Jacob.

Patrick Carman

#98. Parents, choose your words wisely, carefully, thoughtfully. In the same way that violence begets violence and anger begets anger, kindness begets kindness and peace begets peace. Sow words of peace, words that build, words that show respect and belief and support.

L.R. Knost

#99. Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.

Ambrose Bierce

#100. I always thought faith was kind of a personal thing, Dad says thoughtfully.
Everyone has to figure out for themselves how much they should do things like pray or read the Bible.

Melody Carlson