In this mechanistic view, much of our behavior is determined by instinct — for instance, Clyde's thoughtless escape from the accident in Kansas City.
It all starts at the school assembly, on Pauline's last day in the job, with a thoughtless gift from a hapless headteacher, doled out in front of everyone and followed by polite applause: a tea cup, a pair of secateurs and a hammock.
In the wake of tragedy, people often say stupid or thoughtless things from the best motives.
Are you cringing at the prospect of another tacky or thoughtless gift from your boyfriend -- if he even bothers to get you anything this year?
They were thinking carefully and with terrific focus about how to protect cheetahs in the wild, dissuade misguided or thoughtless consumers from acquiring these majestic animals, and ensure that a future remains for the wild cheetahs across Africa.
The plastic is of many types and from many sources, including debris blown in from landfills, trash tossed out by thoughtless beachgoers, detritus from the shipping and fishing industries, and other bits and bobs carried off by severe storms or other accidents, according to Barnes.
The more science we know, the likelier we are to be circumspect, to consider the possibility of harm that may result from thoughtless action.
The people around Henry — his brusque mentor, Schwartz; a sophisticated gay roommate, Owen; Guert Affenlight; and beautiful, wayward Pella — all grapple with the disease of awakening into self, with the perils of the transition from "thoughtless being" to its opposite.
In fact, an overwhelming proportion of the "quick cash" in the global financial system is uninsured and prone to manic-depressive behavior, swinging unpredictably from thoughtless yield-chasing to extreme risk aversion.
