Careless Quotes
294 quotes by 240 authors
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I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just…
— Pierre Loti
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God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless…
— Saint Augustine
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Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain--which is to say, all of it. Every last…
— Bill Bryson
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The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
— Watchman Nee
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. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To…
— William Shakespeare
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For much of my life I floundered under the excuse of "nobody's perfect," the liberating and over-used phrase that affords guys like me the freedom…
— Tarek Saab
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Will you not covet such power as this, and seek such throne as this, and be no more housewives, but queens? There is no putting…
— John Ruskin
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Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still…
— Eddie Condon
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R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of "requiescat in pace", attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Women are of two sorts. Some of them are wiser, better learned, discreeter, and more constant than a number of men. But another and a…
— Unknown Author
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Highways are full of careless drivers who are always too close in front of you.
— Sam Ewing
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If you love a medium made of software, there's a danger that you will become entrapped in someone else's recent careless thoughts. Struggle against that.
— Jaron Lanier
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Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not…
— Ina May Gaskin
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Art is everywhere you look for it, hail the twinkling stars for they are God's careless splatters
— El Greco
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Waste in all its forms is to be abhorred... I deplore giving money to an institution that is careless in its expenditures.
— DeWitt Wallace
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"Best in the world," "lowest price in existence, " etc are at best claiming the expected. But superlative of that sort are usually damaging. They…
— Claude C. Hopkins
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... since birth control roots in a species of selfishness, the spiritual life of the user of contraceptives is also weakened. Women seem to become…
— John Andreas Widtsoe
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Two big punchers, you've got to keep your chin down, keep your defense up, don't be careless or open, box sensibly, control the centre of…
— Joe Calzaghe
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From my travels around the world I have seen how much damage and pollution is done by the careless disposal of waste. It is also…
— Michael Palin
Who Wrote These Careless Quotes
240 authors contributed a total of 294 Careless Quotes, led by these top contributors: