Quotes About Attention

I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language.

Buyers look at everything. They open every drawer. They open every cabinet door. So make sure your underwear is folded nicely.

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

Childhood was terrifying for me. A kid has no control. You're three feet tall, flat broke, unemployed, and illiterate. Terror snaps you awake. You pay keen attention. People can just pick you up and move you and put you down.

You would think that if any group in America had 20% to 25% unemployment, it would generate all kinds of attention. The Labor Department would understandably and necessarily begin to concentrate on what can we do to reduce this level of unemployment. Congress would give great time on the floor for debate on what can be done.

I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.

We have to pay close attention to what we see, and be ready to work with the unexpected according to the basic principles of systems biology and medicine.

I barely pay attention to awards and nominations, and whether they are fair or unfair.

One of the things that I was kind of holding on to from 'The Daily Show' was there was an exhaustion that I would feel because we just kind of got caught up in the news cycle. You tell a story, and that's an interesting story, and then the next day we have to drop it and talk about something else. That's so unfair to the story and the people.

I think I couldn't balance my marriage and my mother's deteriorating health. I realized it was unfair to my husband to have my divided attention. I understood he deserved better and should go for that. He deserved the attention of a partner, not another headache, and I didn't want to share my time with anyone else but my mother.

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

For me, what I learned is that I went for a long time without making music when I was married, and I think some of that was because - it was a little bit unfortunate - but it didn't make sense in the confines of my marriage for me to be the musician and the writer, which requires a lot of focus and attention.

There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is the unfortunate flipside to it.

It is very unfortunate that unless you are a star, nobody considers you in B-Town.

Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.

The monarchy needs publicity: they must be seen to be relevant. Unfortunately, they can't just lead quiet lives.

Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.

Unfortunately, sometimes people don't hear you until you scream.

Mental illness, unfortunately, is an invisible disease: it's not seen or heard. For whatever reason, because of that, society has decided that if we can't see it, maybe it doesn't exist, so they want to just sweep it under the carpet or say, 'Snap out of it,' or that you're looking for attention.

The light of the spirit has to come into your attention.

The attention is to be kept pure.

The entire truth about everything can be known through your vibratory awareness. And this vibratory awareness comes to you through your attention, which is enlightened by your Spirit.

Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.

Attention has to be concentrated upon your Spirit. Then you become the best instrument, your attention very powerful.