Quotes About Attention

Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that--is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.

... a mysterious intersection of chance and attention that goes well beyond the existential surrealism of the 'decisive moment'.

Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker.

Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.

The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any further.

Word gets around when the circus comes to town, don't it?

One thing talk can't accomplish is communication. This is because everybody's talking too much to pay attention to what anyone is saying

Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster.

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.

A girl could be sitting on her computer, trying to get noticed by me, and not knowing she's the future Mrs. Justin Bieber.

To take full advantage of computer animation, you have to pay as much attention to the believable as you do the unbelievable.

People don't like to read text on computer screens (and reading a lot of text on iPod screens gets very tiring very soon, just about as soon as running out of battery power).

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

Humility is attentive patience.

It's an amazing confidence boost when you have that swagger of knowing when you pull on the racetrack, all eyes are on you because they know you're the best.

No one is going to pay much attention to the person who has no confidence in himself.

Ignore what other people think. Most people aren't even paying attention to you.

...don't be self-conscious - other people are completely unaware of you and more concerned with how they appear ...