Quotes About Attention

Designers, models and muses all came seeking attention at the Flore. There, bathed in the sunlight, were Betty Catroux, Loulou de la Falaise and Clara Saint, the female triumvirate of the most powerful and seductive fashion designer in Paris,Yves Saint Laurent.Yves himself was rarely seen at the Flore, although

She sighs heavily. "Not surprising. It'd be everywhere if they were rich white girls." Goes back to her keyboard. "Anyway … I hope they catch his sorry ass." "Yeah. Me

Humans should always exercise and watch what they eat. So with your pet, make sure they get enough exercise, make sure they're getting fed at the same time every day and getting the nutrition they need. And make sure they get a lot of love and attention you both need. That's why you have them!

It is sometimes said that these advantaged youths have less need of our attention and resources, that they already have enough. But they, above all, most need education, inasmuch as the greatest talents are most difficult to perfect, and the more complex the nature the more susceptible it is to perversion.

DSM-IV unwittingly contributed to three new false epidemics in psychiatry—the overdiagnosis of attention deficit, autism, and adult bipolar disorder.

You're late." Kat said as soon as Hale put the phone to his ear. She wasn't the kind of girl to wait for hello. "What can I say? Macey McHenry has been throwing herself at me..." "See, that's the kind of thing that would make me jealous if she weren't way out of your league." "You know, if I had feelings, that might have hurt them.

Turn," Liz said, trying not to hide her impatience at being forced to read at non-speed-of-light pace.

Don't let the glitter fool you." She wiggles her shiny nails in the air, then taps her temple. "I'm up here" "I see that," I say as Noah whispers a very soft, "I love you." "What?" Megan asks. "Nothing," Noah says, then pulls back and walks to the other side of the desk.

Logan watched her speak. Her voice was the same, but her mouth was different. Why had Logan never noticed her mouth before? Her bottom lip was fuller, but the top lip was shaped like a little bow, and he couldn't decide which lip he liked more. He knew he was going to have to do a lot more looking in order to choose. And it suddenly felt imperative that Logan choose very, very well.

Karina!" I yell

Don't let the glitter fool you." She wiggles her shiny nails in the air, then taps her temple. "I'm up here." … "How did you…?" "Mymom is the chief operations officer for the CIA stationed in Europe," she tells me. "I pay attention." "I see that," I say.

Henley'deki rehberler her h?rs?z?n bildiÄŸi bir ayr?nt?y? bilmiyorlard?; eÄŸer bir ÅŸeyi kimse taraf?ndan görülmeden yapma imkân?n?z yoksa yap?lacak en iyi ÅŸey, bunu herkes size bakarken yapmakt?r. (syf. 146)

One can only see what one observes, one observes only things which are already in the mind.

A question is not a supplication, an entreaty, nor a velleity for knowledge just put out in the air; it is already an order, a command. (Beggars, the destitute, pupils, factory workers, enlisted soldiers, prisoners, and patients have no right to question; they can only entreat.?) A question commands a certain focus of attention, a selection of resources on hand, a certain type of language. It lays down a direction; it imposes a directive to think further down a certain track.

Cooking is not about convenience and it's not about shortcuts. Our hunger for the twenty-minute gourmet meal, for one-pot ease and prewashed, pre-cut ingredients has severed our lifeline to the satisfactions of cooking. Take your time. Take a long time. Move slowly and deliberately and with great attention.

Standard everyday cooking is relatively forgiving. Baking is rarely so. In fact, baked goods are a great deal like cars: You can change the wheel covers, put in new mats, and change out the stereo, but if you're going to mess around under the hood, you'd better know what you're doing or you may wind up taking the bus.

Signals such as high grades—or a peacock's tail or big bank building—don't indicate interest; they are marks of desirability. That is, the gaudy tail doesn't signal how much the peacock is interested in a particular peahen; it signals how much the hens should be attracted to that particular cock.

Careful listening is more important than making sounds happen.

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

When you focus on what you fear—you get more of what you fear. When you focus on what you don't want—you get more of what you don't want. When you focus on attempting to control others—you attract more of being controlled. Your attention to them brings more of them, and more like them, into your life.

La mirada es una elección. El que mira decide fijarse en algo en concreto y, por consiguiente, a la fuerza elige excluir su atención del resto de su campo visual. Esa es la razón por la cual la mirada, que constituye la esencia de la vida, es, en primera instancia, un rechazo.

Cuéntame cosas de las japonesas. (...) -Tú estás aquí, me estás mirando. Ellas, en cambio, siempre están preguntando si gustan. Solo piensan en sí mismas. (...) A mis amigos y a mí, nos parece que para esas chicas solo somos espejos.

Ainsi, en cette journée terrible où le monde entier tremblait à l'idée de la guerre imminente, un vieillard adipeux, paralytique et désarmé, avait réussi à détourner du Golfe l'attention d'une poignée et prêtres médiatiques.

Several minutes passed before he realized that she had stopped reading, that she was staring back at him. "Is something wrong, sweet Rhianna?" "No, my lord." "Why have you stopped reading?" A faint smile played over her lips. "I stopped some time ago." He frowned. "Will you tell me why?" "Because the story is over, my lord." He looked at her for a long moment, feeling quite the fool, and then he laughed.