Quotes About Attention

Distracted from distraction by distraction

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Thus with most careful devotion Thus with precise attention To detail, interfering preparation Of that which is already prepared Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding.

I decided that if the shaking of her breasts could be stopped, some of the fragments of the afternoon might be collected, and I concentrated my attention with careful subtlety to this end.

Kunskapsnivån i landet är så otroligt hög att ingen längre tycker det är nån idé att höra på när nån annan pratar.

Just like that. It's time I started paying attention, before I end up like Stan Dempsey, living alone with an arsenal and one lawn chair in the backyard.

Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

No one expects a woman busy at her sewing to pay attention to what's being said around her. Nevermind if a man's mother and sister showerd them they heard everything while they stictched, he'll still think a woman who plies her needles saves all her brains for the work. You're a far better spy hemming sheets than if you clank with daggers.

Our gods are much too busy in our lives for us to ignore them. (Myles)

The god touched me once, Beka. I'd soon not get his attention again.

do i look like i can't hear you?

Look at me, see how I resemble a puddle of dog vomit? Won't you please throw your fingers to your teeth and be wildly fascinated by me?

What attention would death pay to his pathetic voice? He was powerless without her.

Attention-shifting slowness. Once a sound has my attention, I have trouble letting go and moving on to the next sound. If a mobile phone rings during one of my talks, it totally disrupts my train of thought; it grabs my attention, and my ability to shift back is slower than most people's.

Edwina probably wouldn"t notice if her bed caught on fire while she was reading a book.

That much was also true. Edwina probably wouldn"t notice if her bed caught on fire while she was reading a book.

Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it.

Never mind. Just wondering when Lycra became the national fabric." On the other hand, he thought, his attention riveted by one woman bending way over to retie her laces, there was something to be said for Lycra. He hadn't seen that much of Linda until after they were married.

Most people would fiercely resist the idea that they need any instruction in how to listen to music. Because we can hear, we think we can listen. But just because we can see, we don't assume we can read. Reading

He willeth we know that not only He taketh heed to noble things and to great, but also to little and to small, to low and to simple, to one and to other. And so meaneth He in that He saith: ALL MANNER OF THINGS shall be well. For He willeth we know that the least thing shall not be forgotten.

As long as we are in this life, whenever we foolishly turn our attention to those we deem not to be on a spiritual path, our Lord God tenderly touches us and blessedly calls to us, speaking to our souls: Let me be the only object of your attention, my beloved child. Focus on me alone, for I am enough for you. Rejoice in your savior and your salvation.

We spend roughly 60 percent of our communication time listening, but we're not very good at it. We retain just 25 percent of what we hear.

Real life isn't a dream. You have to keep your eyes open. Ears too.

For most people, most of the time, the media are little more than a background hum. . .