Quotes About Attention

Young children especially are receiving so much of the world through their ears and their eyes, particularly if they're pre-literate. So engaging them with sound, particularly sound that stirs them emotionally because of the sequence of notes, will make them pay attention.

Politicians are, in general, receptive to those who make the most noise.

By attracting attention to yourself, you distract people from the movie. Ideally, you like a movie to speak for itself. You don't describe a song before you sing it or tell about a painting before you show it. You don't reveal the recipe before you serve the dish. You taste it.

If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions.

A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.

Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable.

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

When you are a public personality, you can't afford to be a recluse.

Back in the '80s, I was known for being reclusive, often shying away from media attention.

So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative?

People recognise me now. I've got so much fan mail.

When everybody recognises you, going out is difficult. But you deal with it.

The thing is, if one person recognises you and takes a picture, then four other people who don't even know you want to do the same.

Here in the U.K., I want basketball to get better. I want the kids to have more playgrounds. I want the kids to have more attention. I want basketball to be on TV more often. But I really don't care if I walk down the street and somebody recognises me or not.

To go from not being recognised at all to literally, the next day, having people stop you in the street was very, very weird. I had to buy myself a great baseball cap.

In New York, I am barely recognised, or people don't really care. When I go to Portugal, I go outside to a public place and am recognised constantly.

I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.

I don't get recognised that much in the street.

I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.

I'm in the public eye. I'm recognised a small bit more. That's part and parcel of it.

I'm not a celebrity whose face is recognised everywhere I go, like Gary Lineker, but my voice does make people sit up and pay attention from time to time.

Ideally, as an actor, we all crave attention, appreciation, and to be recognised. What's the point of doing it yourself? It needs to come from someone else, and when that happens, I enjoy that moment.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.