Daisaku Ikeda

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

Japanese Writer

Erving Goffman

By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human. On this assumption we exercise varieties of discrimination, through which we effectively, if often unthinkingly, reduce his life chances.

Canadian Scientist

Evgeny Morozov

Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy.

Belarusian Writer

Jennifer Egan

One of my strengths as a writer is that I'm a good problem-solver. I write these unthinking, ungoverned first drafts. The project for me always is to turn that instinctive stuff into pages that work.

American Novelist

Julia Leigh

All this talk about writing is a little bit moot, because it is almost an unthinking process. It is actually a paradox because you are constantly making choices.

Australian Novelist

Hannah Fry

In our urge to automate, in our eagerness to adopt the latest innovations, we appear to have developed a habit of unthinkingly handing over power to machines.

English Mathematician

John Maynard Keynes

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.

English Economist

Sharmila Tagore

There was a time in my life when I used the word 'crap' regularly and unthinkingly.

Indian Actress

George Crumb

American Composer

Sophocles

Greek Poet

Use 'unthinking' to describe actions or remarks when someone ignores others' feelings.

Context Sensitive

'Unthinking' often implies that someone's lack of consideration resulted in a negative impact.

Negative Outcome

Describe actions as 'unthinking' when the person didn't mean to cause harm.

Beyond Intention

Use 'unthinking' to indicate someone reacted quickly without analysis or reflection.

Quick Reactions

Use when someone responds instinctively under pressure, without deliberate thought.

Under Pressure

'Unthinking' can describe actions done by habit, rather than with attention to the present.

Habitual Actions

Use 'unthinking' to highlight someone's action that shows poor judgment or stupidity.

Questionable Judgment

'Unthinking' actions are done without careful analysis or wisdom.

Ill-considered Actions

 There's an unthinking tendency to imagine that humans will be there, experiencing the sun's demise, but any life and intelligence that exists then will be as different from us as we are from bacteria. The unfolding of intelligence and complexity

Sir Martin Rees: Earth...

 into a benign, unthinking stupor. According to Plato, only very specific types of music were beneficial to a person's ethos. One should only listen to music that promotes intelligence, self-discipline, and courage,