Quotes About Attention

History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little more attention to certain details, like for instance your planet.

The Amex man had even lifted his wrist to his mouth to take down a note, in a gesture obviously meant to be seen:

The good that [Galileo] fought for is not so easy to express. But put it this way: he believed in reality. He believed in paying attention to it, and in learning what he could of it, and then saying what he had learned, even insisting on it. Then in trying to apply that knowledge to make things better, if he could. Put it this way: he believed in science.

History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously its not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little more attention to certain details, like for instance your planet.

Shuddering in his efforts to repress a yawn of nervousness, he asked in his flat northern voice: How´s Margaret these days? The other´s clay-like features changed indefinably as his attention, like a squadron of slow old battleships, began wheeling to face this new phenomenon , and in a moment or two he was able to say: Margaret.

having a bad reputation or none at all is a serious handicap for a state seeking to remain competitive in the international arena. The unbranded state has a difficult time attracting economic and political attention.

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

It felt bizarre to be ignored in general, much less by an embodiment of Aidan--who used to stare at her so hard that he'd run into trees.

Hate Scars. I'm physically flawless-why can't everyone be? Everywhere Lothaire went, people stopped and stared. Of course, then they usually ran. Lothair Enemy of Old

Lothaire: Hate scars. I'm physically flawless--why can't everyone be? Everywhere Lothaire went, people stopped and stared. Of course, then they usually ran.

Cadeon, are you even listening to me?" "What? Yeah, was just thinking about…how http always turns to https when I carry out a transaction." "Exactly!" Good save.

Five houses?" Lothaire had sneered, cutting Trehan off. "You all live under one roof now. Mine. Because I'm the king of the castle." Then his red eyes had grown vacant, and he'd begun muttering about "Lizvetta's lingerie." Trehan had been … underwhelmed by the Enemy of Old's attention span.

When she realized all attention was on her, she slowed. "Oh." She gave them a Queen Elizabeth wave and said, "Play on.

Don't look at this hand, look at that one.— Finn.

If you want to communicate an idea to a man's brain, you talk to him through his pecker. It's like an ear horn, y'all.

That don't look good, Kramisha said. Not good at all. She paused and then her eyes went from me to Heath, whose attention was so focused on me I swear he didn't look like he would notice if a giant white elephant in a tutu danced around the room. Ain't that the human kid who was down here before?

He had been fashioned when the sky kissed the sun. Just as I had been fashioned when the sky kissed the moon. The sky, like most immortals, is a fickle bastard who took as he pleased and then paid no attention to the offspring he left behind.

The mule is a very intelligent animal, but to get his attention you have to hit him on the head with a stick.

If you feel lonely within your relationship, pay attention to this inner warning signal!

I think the key to the start of any good relationship is to remember how the other person likes their coffee.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

Religion is the finger pointing to God. People are too busy licking the finger to notice where it's pointing.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.