Quotes About Attention

Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra.

I grew up in Hollywood. My father always told me that this is a job. These events are filled with people you work with; it's not like glam-schmooze time. That's why I only like events that celebrate people I have a connection to; otherwise, it's someone else's night, and I don't need to show up in a dress to try and steal their attention.

If there's one thing that chafes French pride, it's seeing the British steal the limelight.

I think that's kind of my forte is that I tell people beforehand that I'm going to steal from them. And a lot of people think that that makes them safe, and hopefully I wake them up a little bit.

I was a guy who wanted to become famous. There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didn't think what the repercussions would be.

High-profile industry disruptions such as steel or car plant closures attract much media and political attention.

The key to creating the mental space before responding is mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way of being present: paying attention to and accepting what is happening in our lives. It helps us to be aware of and step away from our automatic and habitual reactions to our everyday experiences.

You step away from the public eye for too long, they don't care no more.

Being in the camera's eye is like stepping into a dream world, one that is often more interesting than real life.

Stepping out of the spotlight when it's prudent to do so is a good thing.

If the prospect of a bad result gets the heart racing - a plane crash, a terrible disease, a loss of 30 percent of your portfolio - most people will take strong steps to avoid it. They will pay too little attention to a comforting thought, which is that worst-case scenarios usually don't come to fruition.

Honestly, I guess if you looked at my CV, I've been doing independent movies since I started. I think that I kind of took a few steps back from Hollywood as soon as it all started to come my way because I wasn't quite ready for the attention.

There isn't really anybody who occupies the lens to the extent that Lindsay Lohan does. Something happens when she steps in front of the camera. There is this magnetic energy.

If you think two steps ahead, you forget what's important in the now.

we have a penchant to pay close attention to information that comes to us in the form of a story or personal account.

If there is one thing a reader should take away from this book, it is that there is little certain about our nation except that it remains an experiment that requires our serious and sustained attention to thrive.

Adams was paying attention to such thinking. He would later note that this was the sermon that made Mayhew's reputation.

The tongue is ever turning to the aching tooth.

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Do nothing hastily but catching of fleas.

confirmatory events are in fact much more memorable than non-confirmatory events.

The place became full of a watchful intentness now; for when other things sank brooding to sleep the heath appeared slowly to awake and listen.

Suppression of expression conceals the real problems confronting a society and diverts public attention from the critical issues. It is likely to result in neglect of the grievances which are the actual basis of the unrest, and this prevent their correction.