Quotes About Attention

One thing that is known is that they do not look at paintings very long.

Art experts are said to have a "good eye." What they really have is a good brain. It is less that they spot things that others do not; it is that they know where to look;

Knowing where to look—and remembering what you have seen—is a hallmark of experience and expertise.

Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand..

Every 7 seconds there is a woman somewhere in the world giving birth to a child. We must find that woman and stop her!

Richard Okay... seatbelts. Just put the little thing into the big thing and... I tell ya what. If you don't know how to fasten your seatbelt, just raise your hand and I'll have Tommy Boy here come back there and hit you in the head with a tack hammer because you're a RETARD

Two blondes walk into a building. You'd think at least one of them would have seen it.

corrompemos a unção de Deus quando dizemos: "Aquela foi uma boa pregação!" ou "Aquele louvor estava realmente muito bom!" e damos ao homem a glória e a atenção devidas a Deus - ou então, buscamos a glória e a atenção vindas de homens.

I set myself on fire, and the people come to see me burn.

The solution of the problem lies in seeing it—in the seeing, without wanting a solution, or dissolution—just seeing what's there. . . .

We rarely touch this. We rarely contact this simple moment. So used to constant input and excitement, we lack fine-tuning into all the subtleties of this instant, the ability to register a quiet aliveness without the stirring of expectation.

If I had rescued a child from drowning, the national press would no doubt have headlined the story "Benn grabs child."

Be careful what you practice--you may get really good at the wrong thing.

Everything we put our attention on becomes more, bigger, and brighter.

So, Eva Nine, you must sometimes disregard what someone is saying and focus instead on what they are doing. Watch and observe. That is when one reveals his true self.

Rather quickly, Officer Gorman had proved he was the sort of man who – as Leaphorn's grandmother would have said – counted the grass and didn't see the grazing.

There are always distractions if you allow them.

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

The range of what we think and do Is limited by what we fail to notice And because we fail to notice That we fail to notice There is little we can do To change Until we notice How failing to notice Shapes our thoughts and deeds.

I get it," Merlin leaned forward. "The magician simply redirects attention to one of these other fifty-five thousand realities, thereby distracting others from the reality they're manipulating

It is as if he nurses a tapeworm at the core of his soul that leaves him in perpetual need of more attention.

I believe it's a bore to be famous," said the Joxter. "Perhaps it's fun at first, but then I suppose you get used to it, and soon you're sick of it. Like on a merry-go-round.

Are you tired?" Wladyslaw asked. "Yes." "Then I won't say much more. Just one thing - and now, my friend, you must give me your complete attention. it is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent - lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that. No?