Quotes About Attention

Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.

Tom counted the pages of the sermon; after church he always knew how many pages there had been, but he seldom knew anything else about the discourse.

We recognize that there are no trivial occurrences in life if we get the right focus on them.

Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude. He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet—no doubt, as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the boy, not the astronomer.

Now, children, I want you all to sit up just as straight and pretty as you can and give me all your attention for a minute or two. There - that is it. That is the way good little boys and girls should do. I see one little girl who is looking out of the window - I am afraid she thinks I am out there somewhere - perhaps up in one of the trees making a speech to the little birds. [Applausive titter.]

If the writer doesn't sweat, the reader will.

As a rule it will listen to neither a dull speaker nor a bright one. It refuses all persuasion. The dull speaker wearies it and sends it far away in idle dreams; the bright speaker throws out stimulating ideas which it goes chasing after and is at once unconscious of him and his talk. You cannot keep your mind from wandering, if it wants to; it is master, not you. **About the mind

We never read the full explanatory surroundings of marvelously exciting things when we have no occasion to suppose that some irresponsible scribbler is trying to defraud us; we skip all that, and hasten to revel in the blood-curdling particulars and be happy.

Tom!" No answer. "Tom!

Czytaj?c ksi??ki o zdrowiu, uwa?ajcie. Jeden b??d drukarski mo?e was zabi?.

My father gave me the gifts of being able to pay attention to my inner narration no matter how tedious the damn thing could be at times and the knowledge that creating something, be it music or a painting or a poem or a short story, was a way out of wherever you were and a way to find out what the hell happens next and not have it be just the same old thing.

the finest act of seeing is necessarily always the act of not seeing something else.

she still cannot resist looking out the window every couple of minutes. The sound of a passing truck causes her to glance away. Even if there is no sound, the weight of a hundred seconds always turns her head.

I constantly craved the comforts of feminine attention, even though the thought of actually getting a girlfriend, one who was into me and wanted to be with me, seemed about as real as any dozen of the myths I'd been reading about in class.

She kept watching the words.

Big things are often just little things that people notice.

Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.

Cómo no va a gustarle a alguien un hombre que no sólo se fija en los colores, sino que además los comenta.

Big things are often just small things that are noticed. - Ed Kennedy

When death tells a story yo really have to listen

Nije to neka velika stvar, ali valjda je stvarno istina – velike stvari tek su male stvari koje ljudi zamje?uju.

It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true— big things are often just small things that are noticed.

When Death has a story to tell; you listen.

The price of eternal vigilance is indifference.