Quotes About Attention

There are some people who are always in the conversation when they are not there.

There are two reasons why some people don't mind their own business. One is that they have no mind, and the other is that they have no business.

They really don't care about your answers if they ask you wrong questions.

Those who say that simple things don't matter should ask a lion how he feels when a fly enters a nostril.

Time spent in minding other people's business is about the greatest waste of time there is.

What attracts a man's attention does not guarantee his respect.

So now, when anyone says that such and such is done too quickly, you can reply that they have looked at it too quickly.

stops every now and again to check on ya.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

Una mujer con estilo de puta le interesa a casi todo el mundo.

Attention, must be devoted principally to raising the workers to the level of revolutionaries; it is not our task to descend to the level of the 'working masses'.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

Even shit going plash sometimes makes a splash.

The little chipmunk was safe! Not that it was paying any attention. It was so busy digging for nuts, it had never once bothered to look up at the sky. That's just one of the many differences between squirrels and dogs: a dog always knows what is going on.

He kept barking until the car turned a corner. Some dogs are like that. They start barking and then they just don't stop, even if they have forgotten why they were barking in the first place.

Experiences that don't involve touching, seeing, or feeling actual results, such as being presented with an abstract sheet of numbers, are shown to be non-impactful and easily forgotten.

See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking.

Hook your editor with a strong opening sentence to bring attention to your writing.

The ability to focus the mind is the ability to not let it run away with you. It does not mean not to think—but to be the one who directs your own thinking.

Focus is not achieved by staring hard at something. It is not trying to force focus, nor does it mean thinking hard about something. Natural focus occurs when the mind is interested. When this occurs, the mind is drawn irresistibly toward the object (or subject) of interest. It is effortless and relaxed, not tense and overly controlled.

Fighting the mind does not work. What works best is learning to focus it.

Anxiety is fear about what may happen in the future, and it occurs only when the mind is imagining what the future may bring. But when your attention is on the here and now, the actions which need to be done in the present have their best chance of being successfully accomplished, and as a result the future will become the best possible present. So

Concentration is the act of focusing one's attention. As the mind is allowed to focus on a single object, it stills. As the mind is kept in the present, it becomes calm. Concentration means keeping the mind now and here. Concentration is the supreme art because no art can be achieved without it, while with it, anything can be achieved.

Again focus your attention on the can; then let the serve serve itself.