Attention Quotes

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself.

Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.

Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.

Accidentally consumed five biscuits when I wasn't paying attention. Those biscuits are wily fellows - they leap in like sugary ninjas

When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out and it commands attention, it commands change. I'm talking about the power that's inside of you.

Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal of time and attention.

I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that people should have given to it.

I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too vain to play anything I think is bad.

Normally, I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I'd like to talk about it, because my haters are my motivators.

Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day.

Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.

Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort.

The first act of love is always the giving of attention.

For those whose heart and whose attention is immersed in the truth, they don't need to have to worry.

I don't like all the attention. I think it's better to let my work do the talking.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

Statistical projections which speak to the senses without fatiguing the mind, possess the advantage of fixing the attention on a great number of important facts.

The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.

Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality.

Be just the way you have always been, with this difference: do not believe any of it, and pay close attention to all of it.

I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.

When great individuals move so marvelously along the straight and narrow path, it is unseemly of us to call attention to the fact that one of their shoelaces is untied as they make the journey.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

An entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods. . . .

In the attention economy, anyone trying to connect with an audience must treat the user's time as the ultimate resource.

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.

Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.

Attention is something I've learned to ignore. This is what I do: I live my life and they document it.

All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

My worry is that the world is becoming more chaotic every day. My excitement is that more people paying attention to 'Less but better' could help solve our growing problems.

Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.

Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

If one were not animated with the desire to discover laws, they would escape the most enlightened attention.

You want attention, you want support, you want to be treated properly, and I don't wanna have to go anywhere and teach people how to treat me.

War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry.

Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration.

The main thing that God asks for is our attention.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

The demand that Islam makes of women is to not attract attention to yourself, and if you are in a secular society, that attire does exactly that, and it is a political symbol, no longer religious.

I keep my eyes open. I pay attention to how different types of people express their personal style, how they put their clothes together.

Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater.

We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.