Quotes About Attention

The perfect woman indulges in literature just as she indulges in a small sin: as an experiment, in passing, looking around to see if anybody notices it — and to make sure that somebody does.

Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give more attention and consider the fruit of their labour more valuable

We think too fast, even while walking or on the way, or while engaged in other things, no matter how serious the subject.

It is easier to get the attention of the press when one says, as Ibsen4 did, that "two and two make five," than to be orthodox and say that two and two make four.

From my experience it is always well never to pay attention to what people say, but rather why they say it.

el ruido no necesita la lectura.

My yoga teacher says to think of your thoughts like skateboarders passing through our line of vision; just watch them go by, don't try to follow them down the street.

If it had writing, I read it: cereal boxes, ads on the subway, billboards, highway signs. I

Admirers of Jefferson might best be advised to skip everything he ever wrote about women and restrict their attention to the Declaration of Independence.)

All beautiful, dangerous idols fall, I thought, if you keep your eye on them long enough.

Obviously you have LeBron, the best player in the world, all the attention is on him. A lot of the wins and losses are targeted towards him.

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

I always polish my shoes and clean the bottom of them before I go out. I also wipe my handbags. I keep them in little bags to stop them getting dusty. You have to keep your accessories looking smart and clean.

Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.

Of course, the slightest little mistake on the wire will deprive me of my life, so in that sense, yes, it is a dangerous profession. You have to pay attention; if not, you will lose your life.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

You can observe a lot by watching.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a march; you must make an excitement, do something that everybody will notice.

Being a twin attracts a lot of attention. But we never wished we weren't.

If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife.