Quotes About Attention

One of the functions that things like professional sports play, in our society and others, is to offer an area to deflect people's attention from things that matter, so that the people in power can do what matters without public interference.

If I go see a play or a movie for a second time, it's as if I didn't see it at all the first time, even if the first time was just recently. I have no idea who anyone in People magazine is.

Recently I saw a movie in which people were eating take-out pizza in 1948 and it drove me nuts. There was no take-out pizza in 1948. There was barely any pizza, and barely any takeout.

I've been crying for eight hours now, and he hasn't even noticed. I know, said Julie. When Alexandra was two I cried for eight months and she never noticed.

Body adornments show that we're aware of our bodies and expect others to be aware as well.

Why do we go to all this trouble' Parker asked. 'Men don't notice anyway.' 'Because what we wear affects how we feel, how we act, how we move. And that they do notice. Especially the move. Get dressed, smoke the eyes. You'll know you look good so you'll feel good. You'll have a better time.

I find that when you look too far ahead, you end up tripping over the present. Let's just worry about the now, Jared." When he lifted her hand to his lips, Savannah realized that now was going to be trouble enough.

It takes about ten seconds for a puppy to get bored. Bored puppies chew. Happy puppies chew. Sad puppies chew.

De ce ne batem atâta capul? întreb? Parker. B?rbaÅ£ii oricum nu observ?. - Fiindc? ceea ce purt?m afecteaz? felul în care ne simÅ£im, cum ne comport?m, cum ne miÅŸc?m. Iar astea sunt lucruri pe care le observ?. În special miÅŸcarea. Îmbrac?-te, machiaz?-Å£i ochii. Vei ÅŸti c? ar??i bine, aÅŸa c? te vei simÅ£i bine. Ai s? te distrez mai tare.

You're thinking too much. Try being in the moment. It'll amaze you.

His moustache was a masterpiece.

Certainly as a condition. It's also a job that requires attention and work, cooperation and creativity.

You'd better watch out for gopher holes, Tory. That's a very high horse you are standing on.

He liked playing his music for her. She listened. When he played her something that sucked, she said so. Well, in a nice way, Theo thought. That kind of thing told him she was paying attention, real attention. Their mother never had. To much of anything. I'm not good with the word part. I just like doing the melody.

When there was a crack in something it only widened if you didn't tend to it. Let it go long enough, a crack became a break, and you had a hell of a mess on your hands.

When there was a crack in something it only widened if you didn't tend to it. Let it go long enough, a crack became a break, and you had a hell of a mess on your hands.

across the street, a few doors down, Sam watched the house, noting

He has a need for attention, to have attention focused on him—for better or worse. The worst punishment I can give him is to ignore him, which I've done, fairly successfully

Darwinian biologists must keep repeating that reminder to themselves because otherwise they might become conscious of the reality that is staring them in the face and trying to get their attention."7

There are very few Americans who honestly care who Lindsay Lohan is dating. But it's still information they need to have. This is because those people care about something else entirely; they're worried about the possibility of everyone else understanding something that they're missing.

I rarely remember the names or faces of nonfictional people.

To matter forever, you need to matter to those who don't care. And if that strikes you as sad, be sad.

The matter forever, you have to matter to those who don't care.

The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.