Quotes About Distractions

In our age of increasing distractions it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective and remember that life is brief and tender.

The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions.

There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.

Who do we become when we stop allowing all the voices in our head to crowd out the one voice we must hear to come to life?

The distractions I try to avoid the most are the ones I invite on myself.

God cannot hear the prayers on our lips often because the desires of our heart after the world cry out to Him much more strongly and loudly than the our desires for Him.

Kelly's grades aren't bad, which always amazes me when I see how much time she wastes. They're so good, in fact, that I can't get myself to complain about the nonsense she finds to do. Ronnie goes right to the bottom line, as he does with everything else, if I mention her distractions. 'She's doing well. Why complain?' he replies, and I stop. Loneliness has all sorts of ways of showing itself. It's perhaps the most inventive feeling of all.

It's been my experience that great leaders, in spite of a multitude of distractions, know how to keep things focused. They know how to inspire and motivate their followers to keep pushing "the main chance." They don't let side issues overwhelm them.17

It is not true that Satan makes work for idle hands to do; that is just what he doesn't. Satan should be at hand with all manner of glittering distractions, false but irresistible promises, inducements to reprehensible behaviour. Instead of which one is simply offered a choice between overwork and half-hearted idleness.

I'm just trying to play a game. I don't think I should have to worry about who's gonna come on the field and whatnot.

I would say, stay the hell away from the party scene. Anything you put in front of your goal, and especially something like that, whether it's too much gambling, too much food, too much cold beers on the weekend - anything that you put in front of the prize is going to end up getting in the way and hurting you in the end.

You can only do what you can do in this world. If you start thinking of all the white noise out there, I think you'll go crazy.

Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

Every morning I tell myself, 'Today has to be productive' - and then something happens that prevents me from writing.

I tend to write in coffee shops and restaurants with friends of mine because if I'm at home, I get distracted by the television or the cats or my husband, or... you know - all of those things that make it easy to procrastinate.

What happens when you get to the age of 60 is that you have no more doubts. I know why I'm here on this planet. I know what I need to do. I know what is a distraction and what isn't.

I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.

There are too many distractions on a computer.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

I'm not a bad boy now I'm living in Russia. London was great but there were too many distractions.

You're always having those life-skills type discussions about decision-making. It's just making sure you're making good decisions and going about your business. There are distractions in every city.

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.