Best 50 quotes in «careless quotes» category

It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical, through which that culture is conveyed, and with its necessary concomitant, a constant elevation of the standard of veracity, the end of the evolution of theology will be like its beginning—it will cease to have any relation to ethics. I suppose that, so long as the human mind exists, it will not escape its deep-seated instinct to personify its intellectual conceptions. The science of the present day is as full of this particular form of intellectual shadow-worship as is the nescience of ignorant ages. The difference is that the philosopher who is worthy of the name knows that his personified hypotheses, such as law, and force, and ether, and the like, are merely useful symbols, while the ignorant and the careless take them for adequate expressions of reality. So, it may be, that the majority of mankind may find the practice of morality made easier by the use of theological symbols. And unless these are converted from symbols into idols, I do not see that science has anything to say to the practice, except to give an occasional warning of its dangers. But, when such symbols are dealt with as real existences, I think the highest duty which is laid upon men of science is to show that these dogmatic idols have no greater value than the fabrications of men's hands, the stocks and the stones, which they have replaced.

It is wise to consider a matter carefully before jumping in carelessly.

It's better to be slow and careful in the right direction than to be fast and careless on the wrong path. Be sure that you are on the right path before you begin to take your steps!

I was stupid. Careless. But the truth is, I was distracted. By her.

One of the most liberating notions is learning how many truly do not care about you, and moreover, how the few who do care about you, marvel at your indifference.

It’s January and I’m kicking snow off the ground. I just threw out the flower you made me promise to water, handle with care, because I was too careless, you said. Careless with things and people, around me and behind and I remember being still for just a second or two, thinking that it’s so much easier to leave and start anew, than take care of what’s already here.

It's not my fault! It can't make any difference, can it?" "You understand nothing. You are a destroyer, a black spiteful destroyer. You are the sort of person who goes around in a dream smashing things . . . You aren't really here at all.

On the other hand, she happily kept him informed about plans she had with other people, providing a steady flow of information about excursions that were about to happen, details of dates or parties that were always this close to coming together. As long as he listened, without complaint, to an endless description of activities that were supposed to happen without him, there was a 30 percent chance, at least, that Anna would change her mind at the last minute, claim to be unable to handle the unbearable burden of whatever her social plans were supposed to be, and decide to hang out with him instead. She'd arrive at his house and collapse in exaggerated relief: "I am so glad we're doing this, I was so not in the mood for another party at Maria's." As though they were both equally at the mercy of circumstance, similarly oblivious to the power dynamic that governed their "friendship.

People lose their pleasures because they "don't care". Others misuse their treasures because they "care less". If you'll win, you must care!

Sometimes your pledges become your problems.

Not old enough to feel like an adult , really, but old enough to look like one, and to know the distinction between being carefree and careless.

True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look inferior, which in essence, makes you superior.

People who live up to their words shouldn't make blind promises.

We’ve searched all of the homes and carried the food to Ralph’s,” Sam continued. “The problem is that all the fruit and veggies spoiled while we were all filling up on chips and cookies. The meat all rotted. People were stupid and careless, and there’s nothing we can do about that now.” Sam swallowed the bitterness he felt, the anger he felt at his own foolishness. “But we have food sitting out in the fields. Maybe not the food we’d like, but enough to carry us for months—many months—if we bring it in before it rots and the birds eat it.” “Maybe we’ll get rescued, and we won’t have to worry,” another voice said. “Maybe we’ll learn to live on air,” Astrid muttered under her breath but loudly enough to be heard by at least a few. “Why don’t you go get our food back from Drake and the chuds up there?” It was Zil. He accepted a congratulatory slap on the back from a creepy kid named Antoine, part of Zil’s little posse. “Because it would mean getting some kids killed,” Sam said bluntly. “We’d be lucky to rescue any of the food, and we’d end up digging more graves in the plaza. And it wouldn’t solve our problem, anyway.

The pain of seven continents weighs on his carefree soul as God ponders his next move.

The rich eat life, the poor eat death; so what is the problem they ask?

We should not be careless toward the fulfillment of our calling

What happens when I love, you ask, does the world start making sense? No, my dear, it does not. But it won’t matter to you then.

When you feel like there is nothing else matter, you just feel like unable to breath because you finally realise that even the oxygen you're breathing is polluted.

You're a rotten driver," I protested. "Either you ought to be more careful, or you oughtn't drive at all." "I am careful." "No you're not." "Well, other people are," she said lightly. "What's that got to do with it?" "They'll keep out of my way," she insisted. "It takes two to make an accident.

A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn.

Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.

All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed; Go to my love, where she is careless laid

Highways are full of careless drivers who are always too close in front of you.

A person who is careless about money is careless about everything, and untrustworthy in everything.

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still.

Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.

I am not sure that God always knows who are his great men; he is so very careless of what happens to them while they live.

If you make a careless choice, you can really ruin things and it can take awhile for them to repair.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Life is so short, it seems careless not to use it all.

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions.

...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted.

People get careless when they're feeling safe.

Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy.

Trust is a careless pursuit.

There is evidence that Democrates were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.

You can never hope to recapture the first fine careless rapture as the poet put it, but it stays with you like a good acid trip.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

All the drain leads to the ocean... So chill out and enjoy the motion!

Being too careful can be more destructive than being utterly careless.

Careful minds build durable buildings; careless minds build rotten buildings!

We are too careless of posterity; not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be.

Carelessness is a disease.

God created everyone to love and to be loved; If you will not take care of people, just leave them as they came...DON'T SCRATCH THEM with your actions.

God is the God of multiplication and a careless attitude toward the business of the kingdom bring regret to Him

Flawless and faultless outcomes are not products of lawless and careless people. No lawless person is a genuine innovator. To your skillfulness, add good manners; to your willfulness, add carefulness!