Quotes About Attention

An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.

Be so good that people cannot ignore you.

Solo oímos lo que estamos preparados para oír

our modern world that spends huge amounts of their irreplaceable lifetime watching streams of selfies, the breakfasts of virtual friends and violent video games

joriki, que significa "mente concentrada".

La gran mayoría de nuestro mundo moderno, la que pasa una enorme cantidad de su irremplazable tiempo vital mirando ráfagas de selfis, el desayuno de sus amigos virtuales y videojuegos violentos, tildaría de «locura» esta dedicación a la optimización del conocimiento —

Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.

She wanted this too. She wanted me to watch her. She wanted me to follow her. She wanted to feel my eyes. She wanted to lift me out of death.

If you just watch and listen you'll get better answers.

It's fun to be amazing, to be the star of the show, to have everyone watching you—even if you have to act like a pig.

With my dog I don't get no respect. He keeps barking at the front door. He don't want to go out. He wants me to leave.

People never pay attention to weather reports; this, I believe, is a constant factor in man's psychological makeup, stemming probably from an ancient distrust of the shaman. You want them to be wrong. If they're right, then they're somehow superior, and this is even more uncomfortable than getting wet. This Moment of the Storm

If you ignore little things, they become big problems.

To see someone who does not see is the best way to be intensely aware of what he does not see.

People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you're going to see just about all that you can handle. —PAUL AUSTER, SMOKE

To form a new government requires infinite care and unbounded attention, for if the foundation is badly laid, the superstructure must be bad.

Despite the scope of his vision, Pierpont was extremely attentive to details and took pride in the knowledge that he could perform any job in the bank:

I doubt if Mr. Rockefeller's attention could be attracted.

No detail of design escaped John and Abby's exacting attention.

he listened closely to what people said and filed away as much information as he could, repeating valuable information to himself until it was memorized.

it is better at present not to call attention to the great power of trio, which might increase public sentiment against that power throughout United States.

Rockefeller reviewed every bill that arrived at home and often patrolled the hallways, turning off gaslights.

In their approach to business, the two men had often mirrored each other, stressing attention to detail, ruthlessly slashing costs, and keeping dividends low.

En las reuniones sociales abundaban las charlas superficiales. La gente llenaba los museos y las salas de conciertos, pero no acudían allí para ver y oír, sino más bien impulsados por una desaforada y narcisista necesidad de ser vistos y oídos.