Quotes About Attention

That'll show them," I said, then realized that sarcasm was probably a bad idea at this point. "Come on, Gabe. You can't pay attention to jerks like this. You know what I always say—never let an asshole rent space in your head.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

What you are looking for is what is looking.

whatever we frequently think of and ponder, that will become the inclination of our minds.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

The paper is patient, but the reader is not.

Anxious people exhibit: (1) increased attention to threats; (2) deficient discrimination of threat and safety; (3) increased avoidance of possible threats; (4) inflated estimates of threat likelihood and consequences; (5) heightened reactivity to threat uncertainty; and (6) disrupted cognitive and behavioral control in the presence of threats.

The same network is suppressed in states of hypnosis, in which the person is fully awake and responsive, but external awareness is altered (by way of hypnotic suggestion, attention to certain stimuli can be diminished).

psychological constructs fall under five broad functional domains or systems: negative valence systems (e.g., threat processing), positive valence systems (reward processing), cognitive systems (e.g., attention, perception, memory, working memory, executive function), arousal and regulatory systems (e.g., brain arousal, circadian rhythm, motivation), and social processing systems (e.g., attachment, separation).

The third factor listed by Barlow is specific learning experiences. If a child is given excessive attention when ill, he may continue to use "sick behaviors" as a way to attract attention and sympathy. Similarly, if a child observes a parent or other adults using such strategies, he might adopt them as well.

A major way that threats change arousal is via outputs of the CeA to neuromodulatory systems (Figure 8.7).73 (By the way, the amygdala also processes appetitive stimuli and the CeA also activates neuromodulatory systems in their presence74). The consequence of CeA activation of neuromodulatory systems is an increase in attention and vigilance, which may be achieved by lowering the threshold to detect sensory stimuli.

So yes, evil can manifest without any great effort of humanity; in fact, it would seem to do so best when we pay the least attention. It's only when mankind decides that it can't live with the outcome that something is done about eliminating it.

Perhaps the relevant truth is that we all find ourselves in temporal currents and that unless you're paying attention you'll discover, often too late, that an undertow of weeks or of years has pulled you deep into trouble.

I see, I tell him, looking from him to Rachel and again to him. Then I turn to look for what it is we're supposed to be seeing.

Perhaps the relevant truth- and it's one whose existence was apparent to my wife, and I'm sure to much of the world, long before it became apparent to me-is that we all find ourselves in temporal currents and unless you're paying attention you'll discover, often too late, that an undertow of weeks or of years has pulled you deep into trouble.

Terrorism, like theater, is a competition for audience. Shocking events are designed to capture attention, polarize, and provoke overreactions from their targets.

Don't mind me, Flamepaw thought, resentful and embarrassed all at once. Go on talking about me, just as if I were a . . . a tree stump!

The clamor grew louder and louder until Jayfeather stood up, lashing his tail. "For StarClan's sake, shut up and listen!" he snapped.

Careful!" Whitewing called. "Watch where you're going!" "Keep away from the edge, or you'll fall," Whitewing added.

if you want someone to stop listening to you go ahead and yell. If you want them to listen to every word, whisper. -Mimi

Experiences is just paying attention as time passes.

The essence of morality must be found in a careful attention to, and an attentive care for, others.

Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree.

Now everyone could be on TV, every second of every day, whether or not anyone was watching.