Quotes About Distractions

Most men I do not meet at all, for they seem not to have time; they are busy about their beans.

Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space.

If the chi is being wasted by useless activities, emotions and associations that drain us, then we don't have enough power when it comes time to perform.

Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting.

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

If you waste your time and energy on things that don't matter in the outcome of the game, then when you get to the game you're not going to give your teammates the best that you have to offer.

Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.

There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.

In the same way that the stewards of the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the enormous hole in the side of the ship which was letting in zillions of gallons of water, I too was worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital.

Childishness is when we're so preoccupied with things that ultimately don't matter, that we lose our essential connection with things that do.

You must put aside the passing moments of terror and temptation, and focus on what's most important in the

Je me passerais bien, comme vous pouvez le penser, de toutes ces distractions; c'est si assommant de s'amuser quand on n'en sent à aucun degré le besoin.

Life has gotten in the way of our life.

The details of life have a tendency to interfere with the actual living of life.

Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!

there are many ways to interdict the growth of competence, of clear thinking, of forceful purpose, and each is a talking choo-choo in different guise: think of slasher flicks, think of pornography, think of Big Macs or tabloid/network news — each is easy to take, each seemingly an inconsequential time-killer. But ah! The ensemble of them playing their mindless tunes — the Death of a Thousand Cuts!

The focus of the entrepreneur must always be on exchanging products or services for money, and anything that distracts from that like actually running a business, should be avoided where possible.

When life gets too cluttered, we neglect the important things.

Contrary to its legend, Paris does not offer many distractions; or, those distractions that it offers are like French pastry, vivid and insubstantial, sweet on the tongue and sour in the belly.

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

The distractions then were card catalogs and dust and the smell of old paper and ink. The distractions were deep.

I'm no good at the new games because I rarely play them. I like old things. Old books. Old movies. Old TV shows. [...] Life was more complicated, but it was quieter, I bet. Slower. [...] The distractions then were card catalogs and dust and the smell of old paper and ink. The distractions were deep. I wonder what it would be like to go back in time, to live as long ago as the 1980s, or even further back. To know what was to come.

You face distractions, you face adversity in life and you have to be able to handle it, you have to be able to fight through it and become a better man and become a better player because of it.

Everything that comes with the game, I think I will handle it extremely easily. I don't let a lot of that outside stuff bother me.