Attention Quotes
As a writer, I never paid much attention to the length of titles. I've just wanted them to communicate the emotional overtones of the content of a record or song that they are describing
Sometimes, when you're not getting a whole lot of attention, you're actually walking the right path.
By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality.
Personalities seem in many cases to dominate the lucrative endorsement market. But that doesn't upset me. What upsets me is when not enough attention is paid to the product-the game.
To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.
Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.
A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.
Poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths.
Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.
The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart.
Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?
I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
A pathetic shadow, torn between her envy and thrill of being seen with Masomma, sharing in the attention as a weed would, lapping up water meant for the lily upstream.
I think there absolutely are so many lessons that can be learned from sports and so many different positive things that don't necessarily get the spotlight and the attention.
A long time ago when I was very little, I dreamed about being on stage. Some people told me I would never be able to do it, so I only paid attention to those who told me that I could.
There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.
Like all art, poems are only hints and guesses that draw our attention to something larger.
Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.
Art to me is not precious enough that I feel territorial about what the word gets applied to. Conversations about what counts as art and what doesn't doesn't captivate my attention very much.
I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.
Attention to detail can't be (and never is) added later. It's an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.
Where we choose to put our attention changes our brain, which in time can change how we see and interact with the world.
We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.
I really haven't paid attention to Madonna since about like 7th or 8th grade when she used to be popular
God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention.
Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite.
When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.
Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into.
Why don't we pay more attention to who our farmers are? We would never be as careless choosing an auto mechanic or babysitter as we are about who grows our food.
I started acting as a kid and doing advertising campaigns. I was probably 8 years old, and I really liked the attention.
I feel like confidence is something that ebbs and flows. I was given a lot of love and attention from my family growing up, so for sure I had a natural confidence.
There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life.
With my recovery programme, I have to do a daily inventory of how my day has been. I am terribly dyslexic and have attention deficit disorder, so I have to carry a tape recorder everywhere I go.
If it didn't happen in your life before, then you're not paying attention you don't think it's possible. But almost all important events never happen in your life before.
Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.
Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.
Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.
No pro football player should die of heatstroke, any more than cholera, in this day and age if the most basic attention is paid and precautions are taken.
If you are perpetually angry, depressed, confused, and unloving, or your attention is elsewhere, it won't matter how successful you become or who is in your life - you won't enjoy any of it.
