Quotes About Attention

The secret is in the details and in observing a lot. You have to pay a great deal of attention, constantly, to what happens every day, more so than to the weekend's game: we are always aware of every aspect, of a player's moods, their expressions, of thousands of almost unfathomable things that could make a difference. Observation is key.

Una columna en el periódico, o un titular de portada, a veces influye más en el estado de ánimo de los jugadores que mi propia opinión. Así que tengo que ver qué titulares han sido publicados acerca de un jugador, y si tengo dos estrellas y hay tres titulares sobre uno de ellos, tendré que hablar con el jugador al que no le han dedicado ninguno.

Fet was paying close attention to the old man. "You know what?" he said. "Twice when you were just talking, I heard you say the word 'vampire.'" Setrakian looked at him evenly. "That you did." After

Todo cuanto tuviera que ver con Claire merecía ser repetido a cámara lenta, sin que las matemáticas fueran una excepción

have a kink as solid and full of habit as the ones in the hose. Slowly I pull out the full length of the hose and lay it where it needs to be before I turn on the water. Inside, too, I must unroll my full attention. Old habits of thought twist themselves into kinks and knots. We will be forced to acknowledge this again and again.

We hump, werewolves in the jungle, sweating 3.2 beer, ready, willing, and able to grab wily Uncle Ho by his inscrutable balls and never let go. But our real enemy is the jungle. God made this jungle for Marines. God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see. No slack. He plays his games; we play ours. To show our appreciation for so much omnipotent attention we keep Heaven packed with fresh souls.

Be awake in all that you do! Do not think you are already awake. No: you are asleep and dreaming. Be firm, collect yourself, and briefly behold the sensation that runs through your body: "NOW I AM AWAKE!

Looked at from the vantage points offered by fictional stories, slavery, like the glass viewed from above, at first glance, can appear to be merely trivial, two-dimensional, erotic behavior that is not deserving of any serious attention.

When Heraclitus said that everything passes steadily along, he was not inciting us to make the best of the moment, an idea unseemly to his placid mind, but to pay attention to the pace of things. Each has its own rhythm: the nap of a dog, the procession of the equinoxes, the dances of Lydia, the majestically slow beat of the drums at Dodona, the swift runners at Olympia.

Art is always the replacement of indifference by attention.

Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.

Love is effortless attention.

The truer measure of power, Brandin had once said to her, wouldn't be found in having twenty heralds deafen a room by proclaiming one's arrival. Any fool in funds for a day could rivet attention that way. The more testing course, the truer measure, was to enter unobtrusively and observe what happened.

When you're in the middle of your depression, pay good attention to it, because, tended carefully, you never know where it might lead you.

An unwatched pot boils immediately.

Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to those that are giving you trouble.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

A vedea este a crede - încredere în ceea ce vezi - È™i credinÈ›a se r?spândeÈ™te cu vitez? c?tre orice È™i oricine primeÈ™te atenÈ›ia celui care crede. Darul vederii în alÈ›ii este mai mare ca darul vederii în sine. Deoarece privirea care vede în alÈ›ii binecuvânteaz?; aduce munc? de transformare.

Attention does for consciousness what our hands do for our bodies: it grabs hold of nature so that we can change it

I shall be very deeply interested—in due course.

You can't argue with a fool, It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.

To be heard you must first listen." Because those who don't listen never hear.

Everything I ever wanted to know or needed to know could have been learned by simply listening.

No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something.