Quotes About Attention

Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.

The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another person we give him or her our attention; we attend to that person's growth.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.

Raising people is not some lark. It's serious work with serious repercussions. It's air-traffic control. You can't step out for a minute; you can barely pause to scratch your ankle.

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

When you see a snake, never mind where he came from.

Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.

It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.

You and I and everyone else have the attention span of gnats. And that means that saying or doing anything once simply doesn't work.

Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it's fun to know people are watching, and to know that all of your hard work is not sort of wasted.

I think novels - or any art form - can have a powerful impact on people's perceptions of race, particularly if they draw attention to the absurd inconsistencies and stereotypes we all carry around with us and don't want to think about.

Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a sense, kind of stab back at people that have those stereotypical ideas of the south.

I'm definitely not your stereotypical actor: the loud, cackling type who strolls into a room and grabs everyone's attention with a great story. I've always been much more of a listener.

The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting.

I'm not interested in stories about movie stars. I couldn't care less what Steve Martin has on his mind.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.

If you run a business that isn't cutting edge or doesn't naturally stick out of the crowd, it's your job to be different and get attention.

If you get somebody laughing - and then stick in a point about something important - they'll remember it.

On all the 'Housewives' shows, there's always some wannabe wife who's always sticking her head in.

I like Rob Morgan in 'Mudbound.' Most of the attention being paid to this movie has focused on Rachel Morrison's cinematography and Mary J. Blige's stiff but intensely stoical performance.

I go to see some big shows of other bands, and I feel like I'm so bombarded and over-stimulated that I lose interest in the music. There has to be light and shade, and less stimulating moments. There has to be an arc to the show.