Thoughtful Process Quotes

Any decision made by my father was the result of a process that had involved many voices and which sometimes had taken weeks or months.

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

I'm going to be prayerful about it. Whatever decision I make hopefully is the best decision I can make for my family and the fans and everybody.

I am kind of being a little selective in what I do, so it takes a little bit longer, but it's worth it in the end.

You don't sign a player for the sake of it.

Any Supreme Court confirmation needs to be a thoughtful process, with full respect for the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.

To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way.

I don't like to rush things.

If you feel good about your clothes, you get excited. And I want women to feel good when they're wearing my clothes - not just because they're beautiful, but because the process and every step involved in making them is incredibly thoughtful. You can be proud wearing them.

Every intellectual effort sets us apart from the commonplace, and leads us by hidden and difficult paths to secluded spots where we find ourselves amid unaccustomed thoughts.

I like to take my time with things.

I never do anything by chance.

All my tattoos, they've been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a year before I've got them. So I'm not walking into a tattoo shop, picking tattoos off a wall. It's something that means something to me. It's something that I believe in.

We ought to learn from the kine one thing: ruminating.

All the moves I've made have come after I sat down with my family and my agent and thought what was the best move. I've never rushed into something, never gone anywhere where I wasn't sure 100%.

I choose my roles carefully.

Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.

We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to slow down a bit, and take the time to contemplate, meditate, and even pray. It is the only route to a more meaningful and efficient existence.

I'll think about things for thirty or forty years before I'll write it.

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.

We have always tried to treat every album differently and even from day one I think that each Asia album has been approached with care and thought and hopefully that shines through twenty years later.

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

Wait until you have made a definitive decision, about whatever it is that you are pondering, and then make a public announcement.

With a normal president like President [Barack] Obama, he says a word, and that's because there has been some thought that he's done and there had been policy papers and there's been aides and there's been advisers and then there is a connection to an actual set of policies. And so, the words like have roots into actual stuff.