Quotes About Attention

Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.

Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes it's a little bit difficult going back and forth to navigate these differences.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.

If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.

A lot of people talk to me about writing lyrics and it is obvious they are really paying attention to the fact that ours are different from a lot of other bands.

But I must pay attention now, she thinks, because what other choice is there? Maybe when I die my soul will fly to meet God, but when that time comes I won't have the use of clever hands, nor the burden of an ugly face; hands and face will be planted like bulbs in the soil, while only the bloom of the spirit emerges elsewhere. So let my hands and my face make their way in the world, let my hungry eyes see, my tongue taste.

You two are just up the stairs. Next to my room, so I can keep an eye on you should you get up to anything. What's your name so I can call it out during wild sex?

History crawls along on the peg legs of small individual lives," said Frex, "and at the same time larger eternal forces converge. You can't attend to both arenas at once." "Our child may not have a small life.

I don't require all your attention but I do need some of it. (Wicked)

The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing.

Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good. Perhaps being jittery helps me pay closer attention.

The more we notice, the more we can enjoy.

Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise.

This interest in pattern and surprise gives us our love of both familiarity and novelty. When we experience something familiar—a song, a favorite snack, an episode of The Office—our brains process it more easily, which may make us like it more. Nevertheless, to enjoy ourselves, we usually try something new. Novelty is more work but also more interesting, which is why new forms of music, art, and fashion catch our attention.

Any single happy experience may be amplified or minimized, depending on how much attention you give it.

To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory. Any single happy experience may be amplified or minimized, depending on how much attention you give it.

Audiences = expectations. If he thinks you're not watching, he won't need to rebel against your expectations.

Some habits become completely automatic; others require some effort, always. What matters is to be moving in the right direction. There's a great satisfaction in knowing that we've made good use of our days, that we've lived up to our expectations of ourselves. The true aim is not to break bad habits, but to outgrow them. With the bright light of attention, we can recognize and acknowledge them, and leave them behind.

People don't notice your mistakes as much as you think.

the "Hawthorne effect," in which people being studied improve their performance, simply because of the extra attention they're getting. In

In The Levity Effect, Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher argue that "levity" is a highly effective tool for helping people to work better; humor helps people pay attention, eases tensions, and enhances a feeling of connection.

For this reason, we should pay close attention to the convenience of any activity we want to make into a habit.