Quotes About Attention

mi] arma secreta para las conferencias telefónicas que sólo incluyen audio es hacer manualidades, usualmente, bordado en punto de cruz. Esto mantiene mis manos ocupadas y me impide leer artículos en internet, que es lo que solía hacer antes. Tiene que ser una manualidad que puedas abandonar en cualquier momento y que no exija demasiado. Para mí es mucho más fácil prestar atención cuando tengo las manos ocupadas.

Multitasking is, more often than not, inefficient single-tasking.

This requires incredible mindfulness. It requires deciding, in a busy life, to give people the attention they deserve. That is a splendid choice; in general, people are an excellent use of time.

I'd never listened so carefully to something I didn't want to hear.

One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not paying attention.

His attention span was not long, shall we say?

It is amazing how much you can see in other people - the good and the bad, we won't even talk about the ugly - if you just shut up and watch them.

But it's that fucking dress she's wearing. It's low-cut and tight and just...Jesus. Why would she wear a dress like that? Is she doing it just to torture me? I like the idea that maybe she had me in mind when she picked it out. Of course, she might be wearing it because she wants to get attention from other guys. I look around the wedding suspiciously, trying to see if anyone is looking at her. I don't want to have to punch someone out, but i'll do it if I have to.

Ruby's heart sank. The broken clasp. Not only had she let go of the one thing that might have saved her life, but she had also neatly tipped off the Count as to her whereabouts. That's why he had retraced his steps. That's why he had found her. RULE 7: DON'T FORGET THE LITTLE THINGS - IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WILL LEAD PEOPLE TO NOTICE THE BIG THINGS , or as Mrs Digby would no doubt say, A stitch in time saves you a whole lot of bother later on .

It's true," said Freddie Humbert. "Kids nowadays have got no ability to listen to simple instructions." "Here you go, Dad," said Quent, returning with a tray of drinks. "Two martinis, one with extra olives, one with no olives, one mineral water, ice, and a twist of lime, and a jade juice, no fruit.

If Sergeant Cooper wasn't impressed by Ruby's time-keeping, then her flouting of the camp dress code really got him marching up and down. His least favourite item was a T-shirt printed with the words: could you repeat that? I wasn't actually listening . 'Redfort, how many times have I told you about that T-shirt of yours?' 'I'm sorry Sergeant Cooper, I haven't been counting, but I can take a wild guess if it's important to you.

YOU CAN MISS A LOT IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE {RULE 52}.

RULE 9: THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IS WATCHING YOU.

RULE 3: PEOPLE SO OFTEN DON'T SEE WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES.

I pay attention. Nothing more than that." "You make it sound like it's no big deal to pay attention when the sad fact is, most people don't. It takes a lot of energy to listen.

Fasting is meant to take you, temporarily, out of the realm of the physical and focus your attention heavenward; as one Jewish guide to fasting puts it, 'at the heart of this practice is a desire to shift our attention away from our immediate needs and to focus on more spiritual concerns.

finally I say            all right, it is improbable, all right, there is no God. And then as if I'm focusing a magnifying glass on dry leaves, God blazes up. It's the attention, maybe, to what isn't            there that makes the notion flare like a forest fire until I have to spend the afternoon dragging the hose to put it out. . . .

It's unfair how the kids who are starving for attention tended to be so annoying that people had no inclination to give it to them.

It's The Addie Show all over again. Every channel, every network.

We go to the same school. The same small school. Surely it would be hard to ignore someone in a school that small.

I almost fell into the trap of thinking too much about the moment instead of living the moment, which would have been disastrous, because once I start thinking like that, it's hard to stop.

they were ready for battle. But they were not prepared to be ignored.

There are two types of distraction: pleasure or terror.

The Rules of Life. The first rule we came up with was: Be here now. It's a good survival rule. It means to pay attention and keep an up-to-date mental model. The second rule was: Everything takes eight times as long as it's supposed to. That was the friction rule, which travelers in the wilderness will do well to heed.