Quotes About Attention

TV repeatedly triggers our orienting response—the instinctive reaction to pay attention to any sudden, changing, or novel stimulus. This orienting response evolved in the species because it helps us identify potential threats and react to them. Media producers use features such as edits, cuts, zooms, pans, and sudden noises to continually trigger our orienting response. In short, they exploit basic psychological and biological mechanisms to get and keep our attention.

Research also shows that children who habitually view highly attention-grabbing media are more likely to have later attention and impulse-control problems, both of which are related to aggression and school performance

Edwards taught that "most ... are to blame" for their "inattentive, unobservant way of reading" this gift of heaven. "The word of God contains the most noble, and worthy, and entertaining objects, ... the most excellent things that man can exercise his thoughts about." Those who had truly "tasted the sweetness" of God's Scriptural divinity ought to live out their days, he said, in "longing for more and more of it."126

could cite endless studies, but let me finish by quoting Nicholas Carr. His book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, came out back in 2011.

Wiring this much money into Kathy's account, when she hadn't even given him routing numbers, was his way of showing off. His way of getting Allie's attention.

First, and perhaps most importantly, despair and pessimism are in our very natures. We're wired to seek out bad news over good, and to always fear the worst. So bad news seizes our attention, while good news is often ignored.

cell phones were the ultimate distraction, carefully designed and evolved to become as addictive as possible.

Anyone with a negative story to tell about her could get an instant nationwide audience.

Vyrai dešimt kart? patrauklesni, kai tiktai klausosi.

Sea como fuere, toda exhibición de virtud requiere exagerar los problemas, lo que a su vez hace que los problemas crezcan todavía más.

Most people are about as aware of their surroundings as a sea cucumber.

Often we go through an entire conversation – or indeed an entire relationship – without ever realizing that each of us is paying attention to different things, that our views are based on different information.

If John had been paying close attention to Lester's face, he would have seen him go white, the way men do when they see a trap swinging shut on them.

We live in a narcissistic age, which means that many want to have the praise that comes from having read, without the antecedent labor of actually reading.

When a man singles a woman out for attention, he should have one thing clear in his mind. (Actually, a young Christian woman should understand the same thing as well.) To some extent, one of two things is happening. The first option is that the man is attempting to get the woman into bed dishonorably. The other possibility is that he is trying to do it honorably. If this sounds crass, you may not fully appreciate the holiness of the marriage bed.

I am able to really enjoy the positive attention I receive.

According to the classic Zen saying, "Do everything as you do anything.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

What we sometimes see as annoying, incessant questions from a child may be a plea for recognition. Maybe they do not need an answer as much as attention.

Your children will stop paying attention to you when they have reached your age of emotional maturity. If your child is starting to tune you out, you need to go through a growth spurt of emotional and spiritual maturity. You can never chase a child to a higher awareness; you can only lead them.

Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how.

Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't..

I cant hear the critics talking over the applause.

All my first dates are interrupted by my fame because every picture taken is a fan that you can gain.