How necessary to youth and thoughtlessness is the wisdom of experience! '. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
Our human greed and thoughtlessness is creating a lot of human suffering that gets swept under the rug. From Wordnik.com. [Drugs, Fish, & General Depression] Reference
And the notion of thoughtlessness acquires an added sting. From Wordnik.com. [enowning] Reference
As it had turned out, the most serious result of his thoughtlessness was the loss of our powder, for not a grain more did we possess. From Wordnik.com. [Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory] Reference
The core of thoughtlessness is enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999 - Presentation Speech] Reference
The flowery twines of love, in thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
When dealing with this kind of thoughtlessness it should be pointed out that fathers are not free from blame. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents] Reference
"By this kind of thoughtlessness, many a young creature is driven into the downward path, who might easily have been saved.". From Wordnik.com. [Isaac T. Hopper] Reference
One thing to remember: Do not confuse or mess up the "thoughtlessness" of the person in that state with that of a tree or a rock. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I don't need or want her to agree with everything I say, but I also don't want my children exposed to the kind of thoughtlessness and selfishness that she displays. From Wordnik.com. [One More Thing] Reference
Should we reward this kind of thoughtlessness, irresponsible action with sympathy or any kind of financial bailout? ". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2008] Reference
Brand's culpable thoughtlessness -- if it was nothing worse. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
After all, one can not wonder at his thoughtlessness and enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
I must tell you what happened through the thoughtlessness of one of the boys. From Wordnik.com. [The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls] Reference
How I cursed my folly and thoughtlessness in ever venturing into such danger!. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
We all know boys who throw stones at animals from pure thoughtlessness and love of fun. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
And, nevertheless, it is by this very thoughtlessness that the fame of some men is created. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In an instant your reputation can be hampered or destroyed with such simple thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Harrow: Online Ads: Can They Ruin Your Reputation?] Reference
Sir James Barrie says stupidity and jealousy, but both these might be included under thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
I was admiring her lightness and thoughtlessness, but with an uneasy feeling, when I saw her suddenly stop. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As a reaction from the severity with which she dealt with her own thoughtlessness, Persis 'voice, in addressing. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
She returned to the fire, around which her innocent children had begun to frolic with childlike thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Nevertheless, it is a generous public, on the whole, and gives trouble only through thoughtlessness, not malice. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
For once he had even left his hunting knife at the cabin, and bitterly he repented of his unusual thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge] Reference
The causes are many, but the greatest is an inexcusable thoughtlessness on the part of young and old of both sexes. From Wordnik.com. [Birds Illustrated by Color Photograph [April, 1897] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life] Reference
She had set her own punishment for rudeness, and for the thoughtlessness that had perhaps ruined her mother's dress. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
He had recourse to her thoughtlessness and vanity, for the dead Alfonso was to be replaced by another and greater Alfonso. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
They often involve recounts of rudeness, unprofessionalism, thoughtlessness and a plain old lack of regard for fellow man. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Flagg: Where HR and Finance Departments Should Split] Reference
She had come a long distance, with her little child, over rough mountainous roads, so I felt very sorry for my thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time] Reference
He was as much vexed at the spoiling of his illusion about the contents of the bundle as at the discovery of his thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
For one thing, it permits people to blur the distinctions between mere thoughtlessness and antipathies that run deeper in the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Maybe We All Need Some 'Sensitivity' Training] Reference
The noisy handling of programmes is a most exasperating exhibition of thoughtlessness, and can easily be avoided by a little caution. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
One pays no heed to what he hears, and the birds of folly and thoughtlessness carry off, at once, "that which was sown in his heart.". From Wordnik.com. [The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?] Reference
"Oh, has he enlisted, after all?" cried Betty impulsively, and the next minute could have bitten her tongue out for her thoughtlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
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