Quotes about care page 11
Charles Bukowski book Ham on Rye
Ham On Rye (1982)
Source: Ham on Rye
Context: And my own affairs were as bad, as dismal, as the day I had been born. The only difference was that now I could drink now and then, though never often enough. Drink was the only thing that kept a man from feeling forever stunned and useless. Everything else just kept picking and picking, hacking away. And nothing was interesting, nothing. The people were restrictive and careful, all alike. And I've got to live with these fuckers for the rest of my life, I thought. God, they all had assholes and sexual organs and their mouths and their armpits. They shit and they chattered and they were dull as horse dung. The girls looked good from a distance, the sun shining through their dresses, their hair. But get up close and listen to their minds running out of their mouths, you felt like digging in under a hill and hiding out with a tommy-gun. I would certainly never be able to be happy, to get married, I could never have children. Hell, I couldn't even get a job as a dishwasher.
“There have been none like us before. And there will be none afterwards. Be careful what you write.”
Sarah Dunant (1950) English writer, broadcaster and critic
Source: Blood & Beauty: The Borgias
Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist
Source: Fruits Basket, Vol. 23
Curtis Sittenfeld book Eligible
Source: Eligible
Raymond Chandler book The Lady in the Lake
Source: The Lady in the Lake (1943), chapter 1
Context: The little blonde at the PBX cocked a shell-like ear and smiled a small fluffy smile. She looked playful and eager, but not quite sure of herself, like a new kitten in a house where they don't care much about kittens.
“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.”
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Susan Beth Pfeffer (1948) American writer
Source: This World We Live In
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Source: Attributed in posthumous publications, Einstein and the Poet (1983), p. 132
Variant transcription from "Death of a Genius" in Life Magazine: "I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar."
Context: About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church. As long as I can remember, I have resented mass indoctrination. I do not believe in the fear of life, in the fear of death, in blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him, I would be a liar. I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.
“Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
16 August 1925
Source: Enough Rope (1926)
“It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.”
Candace Bushnell book Summer and the City
Source: Summer and the City
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Eric Hoffer book The True Believer
Section 62
The True Believer (1951), Part Three: United Action and Self-Sacrifice
Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You
David Sheff Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Source: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019) American writer
Source: Keeper of the Heart
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Tempt Me at Twilight
Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 30
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.”
Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972) American writer and poet
“I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
“I'll drink your champagne. I'll drink every drop of it, I don't care if it kills me.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: Gatsby Girls
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
To the Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland (31 March 1809)
1800s, Post-Presidency (1809)
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
This is attributed to Truman in some sources, but a similar saying is recorded as early as 1909 https://books.google.com/books?id=bidJAAAAIAAJ&dq=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&f=false. <br class="br">Misattributed
“America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.”
Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) American broadcast journalist
Source: Free the Airwaves! (2002)
“Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Castle in the Air
Source: Castle in the Air
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Bonzo, he pre-cise. He so careful, he piss on a plate and never splash.”
Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game
Source: Ender's Game
“You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.”
Ann Brashares book The Last Summer
Source: The Last Summer
“Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it”
Natalie Goldberg (1948) American writer
Charles Bukowski book The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer
Source: Experiencing the Heart of Jesus: Knowing His Heart, Feeling His Love
“It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are.”
Eric Jerome Dickey (1961) American author
Source: Genevieve
“Like anyone cared where I was, or who I was.”
Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back.”
Barbara Kingsolver book High Tide in Tucson
Source: High Tide in Tucson
“I never cared,” he said. “I wanted you anyway. I always wanted you.”
Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls
Source: City of Lost Souls
“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.”
Frank Herbert (1920–1986) American writer
“Okay, so she is crazy. I don’t care. I think I love her.”
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: Night World, No. 1
“I don't care what the polls say. I don't. I'm doing what I think what's wrong.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
“I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.”
Ann Richards (1933–2006) American politician
Karen Traviss British science fiction author
Source: Order 66:
“Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.”
Byron Katie (1942) American spiritual writer
Your Inner Awakening