Quotes About Attention

Always there is something of interest to be seen if one but knows where to look for it.

The neutron is a bit of a drama queen.)

The new celebrity thing is going to take some time to get used to because I really am not used to that!

I like hanging around people who knit. They are usually in a good mood. People who are staring into their iPhones *and* demanding your attention at the same time are not as much fun to be around.

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

It's time for Americans to stop worrying about Kim Kardashian and figure out how we're gonna save our kids.

I like to think that I've gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it's stayed the same.

I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes.

It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another.

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

Here's the problem: we are living in a time when the act of reading is changing. The nature of a reader's attention is changing. The capacity for deep literary engagement is changing.

We cannot solve the problems of America if every time somebody somewhere says something stupid, that everybody gets up in arms and we forget about the war in Iraq or we forget about the economy.

Any time the president talks, you listen.

I think that the media spends far too much time [on personalities].

Just in time for Bob Dylan to recoil from the attention, leave the city for Woodstock, and turn his back on fame.

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you're aware of him, and pretty soon because of that he's aware of you more and more of the time.

...consciousness can keep only a few images in full clarity at one time, and even this clarity fluctuates.

I think we are all coming to realize the web in all its manifestations is a sucking time hole.

The only time people turned to watch her go by was when she hurtled past them as she fell.

Even when it's midnight, people are watching you. It's difficult to be in the spotlight all the time.

That just sends the wrong message to everybody. [Donald Trump] should have the least amount of air time.

The audience might not be the size of Facebook, but how much time can you spend online and think, 'What did I just learn?

I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs.