Attention Quotes
If you stay in the attention you are in, then you can predict everything that will happen to you for the rest of your life.
Life is a never ending miracle unfolding in every moment, and if we turn our attention to that silent presence in our heart, we can participate in that miracle.
Don't judge yourself; simply return your attention to what's in front of you right now.
I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.
I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do with, though.
Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.
The media really only pays attention to white people. I think America is really racist.
The conditions conducive to deep thought have become increasingly rare in our highly mediated lives... Now we live in an attention economy, where the most in-demand commodity is 'eyeballs.
The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.
I look upon paradoxes as the impotent efforts of men who, not having capacity to draw attention and celebrity from good sense, fly to eccentricities to make themselves noted.
Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.
It's great when you can just focus your whole attention on the music and hear all of the decisions and choices that were made.
When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.
Remorse of conscience is like an old wound; a man is in no condition to fight under such circumstances. The pain abates his vigor and takes up too much of his attention.
Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss.
New York is fast paced, with enthusiastic fans and lots of media attention. Houston's slower paced, and there's more of a southern culture to the city. But both cities have unbelievable food.
I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems in various places.
I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life.
The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments.
Focus all your attention and energy on the achievement of the objectives you are involved with right now.
Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.
I think kids who have music in their lives are more focused. They have better attention spans. They excel more in their studies. They have a better sense of self-esteem and self-worth.
Stillness is a harder concept for me than ecstasy, but I can imagine it best when I am fully present and paying strict attention to a place I am moving through.
The power of doing any thing with quickness is always much prized by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. - Mr Darcy
I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them.
I had never realized how much I needed the attention of others to confirm my own presence.
I just can't - I can't exist in normal group situations. A classroom, where you have to sort of jockey for position, compete for attention - I would just withdraw.
The high price of health care in this country is a serious issue that demands serious attention. Putting limits on damages have little or no effect on skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates.
Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.
So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.
When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.
Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
I was working on 'Harry Potter' while I was growing up, and the attention it brought me made me feel quite isolated.
The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we're continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.
From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly a short story collection does not receive the same kind of attention as a novel.
