Quotes About Attention

series you followed. Not even if you died. Alive or dead or a thousand miles distant, you were always going to be on the hook for work that was neither a procedure nor a series of steps but, rather, something that demanded your full, constant attention without necessarily calling on you to do, perform, or say anything at all.

People notice only what you tell them to notice," he said. "And then only if you remind them.

Somebody once called the media the merchants of chaos.

The media is going to be hovering over this case like the helicopters that followed O.J. down the freeway.

Little did they know that the case would hold media interest for just one day. The next night, the ex-wife of football great and not-so-great actor O. J. Simpson would be found murdered along with an acquaintance in Brentwood, and that would suck all media attention away from the Pearlman case as well as everything else in the city.

She watched the clock like the owner of a candy store watches the fat kids.

didn't move his eyes from the word even as

DSS—didn't see shit.

She came to the Cleopatra and her attention was immediately drawn to the side-by-side Tigris and Euphrates Towers. Her

Geniuses never pay attention.

Temporal provincials were convinced that the present was the only time that mattered, and that anything that had occurred earlier could be safely ignored.

that humankind would travel to the moon, and then lose interest;

Like a bearded nut in robes on the sidewalk proclaiming the end of the world is near, the media is just doing what makes it feel good, not reporting hard facts. We need to start seeing the media as a bearded nut on the sidewalk, shouting out false fears. It's not sensible to listen to it.

Even though speculation is correct only by chance, which means it is wrong at least 50% of the time, nobody remembers and therefore nobody cares. People do not remember yesterday, let alone last week, or last month. Media exists in the eternal now, this minute, this crisis, this talking head, this column, this speculation.

I know a conquistador when I see one. I know all about making a splash. It isn't hard. If you shout loud enough, for long enough, a crowd will gather to see what all the noise is about. It's the nature of crowds. They don't stay long, unless you give them reason.

Richard kurnazca gülümsüyor. 'Ah ÅŸu uÄŸurlu iÅŸaretler,' diyor, 'onlara inan?yor musun? Bize bu kadar önem verildiÄŸini mi düÅŸünüyorsun? Bizimle bu kadar ilgilenildiÄŸini mi düÅŸünüyorsunuz? Ah, öyle olsa harika olmaz m?yd?? Eh, belki de öyledir.

Yes, the simple truth about the greatest businesspeople I have known is that they have a genuine fascination for the truly astonishing impact little things done exactly right can have on the world.

Quality is just a word, and an empty word at that, if it doesn't include harmony, balance, passion, intention, attention.

She felt as if she were imprisoned in a vault heaped with priceless treasures - an ever-growing hoard that threatened to crush the life out of her. There was no way out, either. The vault was impenetrable and she was far too deeply buried beneath a mountain of time to attract anyone's attention.

Ä°nsan caddenin tamam?na bak?p hemen bir karar varmamal?. Her zaman ad?m ad?m ilerlemeli. Sürekli olarak bir ad?m sonras?n? düÅŸünmeli, bir ad?m, sonra derin bir nefes, sonra bir süpürge. Ä°ÅŸte o zaman hayat zevkli olur. Önemli olan iÅŸini iyi yapmakt?r.

Anyone who still thinks that listening is nothing special should simply try to do it half as well.

Wirklich zuhören können nur ganz wenige Menschen. Und so wie Momo sich aufs Zuhören verstand, war es ganz und gar einmalig.

Belki ÅŸimdi pek çok kimse, bu da bir ÅŸey mi, herkes dinlemesini bilir, diyecektir. Oysa hiç de öyle deÄŸil. Çok az insan gerçekten iyi bir dinleyicidir.

If you don't take the time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?