Quotes About Attention

Any act worth a damn can not be ignored and when an effective person is ignored it's the result of a deliberate series of steps on his or her part.

Children act up because they are overstimulated and need help to calm down.

Because teachers often use much longer sentences when teaching, these kids are stuck trying to understand the first part while the teacher (or parent) is going full steam ahead with the rest of the message. The researchers recommend that teachers use short sentences and only go on speaking when they see that "lights go on" effect in children's eyes. And Dr. Sax adds that perhaps boys should sit at the front of the class, not the back. In

The older I get the harder it is to stay awake during boring presentations.

carefully check my receipts before I leave the store. In the last six trips, I've found errors on four occasions. This meant that I received the mischarged item for

You are surrounded by signs," she said. "Ignore none of them.

Mindfulness of the body is awareness of... the taste and smell of this moment.

If it's Truth we're after, we'll find that we cannot start with any assumptions or concepts whatsoever. Instead, we must approach the world with bare, naked attention, seeing it without any mental bias - without concepts, beliefs, preconceptions, presumptions, or expectations. (6)

Our problem is that we don't pay attention to what we actually know. We give our attention to what we think—to what we have ideas or beliefs about—and we discard what we actually see.

If you point out the moon to a cat, she probably won't look at the sky; she'll come up and sniff your finger.

I've noticed how most people don't know how to listen.

Most often, perishing is a slow, painful process, and if you aren't paying attention, it will trick you into thinking that this is the way things are supposed to be. By failing to have a vision, you are stripping yourself of every possible blessing, relationship, and opportunity. When you sit by and just let your life perish without a vision, it is the most painful kind of death.

make me feel like I'm wanted"? Flowers, jewelry, phone calls, dates, sweet talk—these are all the weapons in our hunting arsenal when we're coming for you.

He'd be like Tonto with a bong, a brain-damaged Dr. Watson, Robin the Boy Wonder with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.

This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We're supposed to be really good at this. That doesn't mean we don't listen to customers, but it's hard for them to tell you what they want when they've never seen anything remotely like it.

Designers love subtle cues, because subtlety is one of the traits of sophisticated design. But Web users are generally in such a hurry that they routinely miss subtle cues.

Pain is a brilliant teacher; it commands you to pay attention to the lesson. And when the quiz includes questions like, "Do I really want to live if it's going to hurt this bad?

Attention is an alchemy that turns dullness to beauty and anxiety to ease.

There is a need for wisdom in art. Shock, surprise, novelty, and innovation helped to grab attention but are not substantial in themselves.

The moving camera creates a feeling of depth in the space. The zoom tends to flatten space and can call attention to the act of filming itself.

I've heard it said: 'By his home you shall know him'; and we all know that we must pay attention to anyone who reverses the subject and auxiliary verb in his sentence.

Numerous studies have shown that online—and especially on smart phones—people no longer read linearly as they once did, nor do they read with nearly the same engagement.