Quotes About Attention

We were watching Barrons. Why were you watching Barrons? Barrons needs watching.

I figure if there is a God, he or she isn't paying attention to what we build or if we follow some elaborate rules, but copping a ride on our shoulders, watching what we do ever day. Seeing if we took this great big adventure called life and did something interesting with it.

I return my attention to the situation at hand and realize Reality—the impatient bitch—has made my decision for me. She does that a lot. You get busy planning your life, then it has the nerve to just go ahead and happen to you before you're ready. Before you even get the chance to aim yourself right!

You will not look at me," she heard him say to the valets. "You will see only her." A silence. Then, "And you will not look at her breasts.

Theories are a fluid road map for solving a mystery and, if broached with an open mind and scrupulous attention to detail, they grant the answers you seek.

You don't see the forest for the trees.

I figure if there is a God, he or she isn't paying attention to what we build or if we follow some elaborate rules, but copping a ride on our shoulders, watching what we do every day. Seeing if we took this great big adventure called life and did anything interesting with it. I figure the folks that are the most interesting get to go to heaven.

He was a rightie, I couldn't help but notice.

We see tremendous excitement from small-business people about the administration and about the attention and commitment that the president has to do things that really make a difference. I think they recognize that health care is one of those. I think they recognize that what we've been doing in the Recovery Act with our loan programs has mattered.

what to do with her.  She'd rebelled because she'd wanted their attention.  Any of their attention.  All of their

Work was one of the reasons I wasn't paying enough attention when Sally died. I hadn't taken parenting classes. I hadn't had enough experience. I didn't realize a dad has to be there as much as a mom, for all the everyday things as well as the birthday parties. My ignorance cost us our child.

He feels flattered by the attention. Most people look anywhere but his lower body. They pretend not to notice when he limps down the docks. It makes it worse, somehow, everyone pretending that he's still whole.

Never go shopping for kiwis in a shoe store.

Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?

We've all got limits on our energy, time, and attention. Why not place our focus on the situations and issues where we can move the needle?

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

You're a sex symbol," she began. "Thanks for noticing.

I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, then Shanghai would not be burning.

Paying greater attention to an individual customer's needs fosters greater customer loyalty and can generate positive word-of-mouth marketing for the company.

Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a lasting impression of it on my imagination.

Everywhere we walked we got plenty of attention due to the camera and sound men. The locals love to get on camera. [...] I'd seen footage of Gandhi surrounded like this and always thought it was because he was very popular, but now I wonder if it was just because he had a camera crew with him.

You must listen!" the tiny monster squeaked. She grabbed it as it made to climb onto the dashboard, and then she shook it fiercely. "No!" she bellowed. "You must listen!

Whatever we choose to focus our attention on will automatically multiply in our lives.

Heighten your awareness in all phases of your life. As you become more conscious of what you are feeling, what you are thinking, what you are saying and what you are doing, you will experience how heightened awareness facilitates results.