Attention Quotes

I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need.

I'll probably pay more attention to the musicians in the pit than the stars because they're the closest you're going to get to normal people in the audience.

A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.

I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do it. They need to figure it out by themselves.

Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.

A great work of art is one that continues to repay attention.

It is only too easy to catch people's attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

When I hear about something that's hot, I back away from it. So I go and discover the stuff I wasn't paying attention to five years ago.

Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention.

If you can get sexual attention and then (or therefore) succeed as a writer - or [fill in career blank] - that means you're a writer worthy of literary respect?

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

Attention-yes! That's present! And present, you see, makes past and future.

Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion.

If we can refrain from harming others in our actions & words, we can start to give serious attention to actively doing good.

My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.

One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.

You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

I don't really pay enough attention to what other people are doing.

This moment deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

Pain is an interesting and off-putting thing. Few if any things in life concentrate our attention so completely and terribly, and few things are more boring to listen to or read about.

The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.

The biggest thing for me is the self-satisfaction of winning the race. I don't care about who gets the most attention. I've achieved something that's very special to me.

I am always trying to do something new and different. The first step is curiosity, questions. You pay attention to what fascinates you. If you can't shake it, there is something there.

Terrorism is nothing new. Lots of terrorist attacks are nothing new, but we pay a lot more attention to them today.

I broke things to get attention.

Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.

I never really paid attention to sales until the second record.

I guess the attention paid to appearance is something that belongs to tennis too.

I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's also often a mistake.

Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention.

I don't know if I'm sexist, though I have not paid much attention to the women's bracket.

The more attention Hillary Clinton gives to the country, the less people seem to like her.

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

...I made some more threats. I've got this big knife back here." He poked his thumb over his shoulder. "It attracts a lot of attention sometimes.

My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.

You know who's upset now with ISIS? Al Qaeda. It's because ISIS is getting more attention than Al Qaeda. So now, Saturday night will be Ayman al-Zawahiri bobblehead night.

What really makes the difference in innovation is whether the corporate culture is paying attention to innovation.

I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.

If you are lucky enough to be successful, you get drawn further in and you stop paying attention to the stuff that matters.

You can't love what you don't know much about. You can't convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don't know what you're talking about.

I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.

There is nothing else for you to do but to truly love and nourish the emotionally and spiritually starved parts of you that are crying out for your attention. Are you loving all of yourself?

I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.

Weight loss after pregnancy is safe but requires attention and guidelines

When our attention is on the present, our life is constantly renewed.

Our life experiences area result of where our attention takes us.

The quality of our attention determines our experience.

When I make the effort to pay attention to the sights, sounds and sensations around me, I’m encouraging myself to live in the present moment.