Quotes About Attention

No es lo mismo ser racista en blanco y negro —un inglés en la India, un belga en el Congo— que ser racista con tal despliegue de matices; se necesita mucha más atención, más mala leche, más interés en el asunto.

El atisbo de reojo delata sin excepción al alumno que alberga alguna intención de copiarse. Los preceptores debían alcanzar esa misma destreza para obtener un sigilo igualmente implacable. No para "mirar sin ver", que es como la frase hecha define al distraído, sino al contrario, para ver sin mirar, para poder verlo todo sin que parezca estar mirando nada.

How the hell am I supposed to keep track of everyone around here when no one listens to a thing I say?

if papa would only quit looking at me

Is the primary motive behind your appearance to please God or to please yourself? Do you want to be charming and beautiful for God's glory in order to draw attention to Him, or for your own glory in order to draw attention to yourself?

I could feel him paying attention to me with every inch of his being. He wanted to know me. My skin tightened with the pleasure of it. So I answered.

But I couldn't ignore it. I mean, I guess I couldn't. Ignoring stuff is always an option, up until it kills you.

Amena gave up on the mask and gave me her full attention. "You look angry." "That's just something my face does sometimes." This is why helmets with opaque face plates are a good idea. Amena snorted in disbelief. "Yes, when you're angry.

I never asked clients for information if I could help it. (For a lot of reasons but close to the top was the all-too-common suicidal lack of attention to detail humans were prone to.)

Amena said, Sorry, ART. Apology accepted, ART said. I felt its attention shift in the feed. (Imagine it staring meaningfully at me.) (It could stare all it wanted, I'm not apologizing.)

If I don't practice for two weeks, my audience notices. If I don't practice for a day I notice.

Life being what it is, you won't get your names right the first time. In this situation you may well be tempted to leave it—after all it's only a name. That is the work of the evil demon Obfuscatis; don't listen to him. If you see a badly named method, it is imperative that you change it. Remember your code is for a human first and a computer second. Humans need good names.

time spent sharpening a pencil is never wasted",

only he who already understands can listen

As you might imagine, our brains are adept at filtering out irrelevant information. Emotion gets out attention through our senses-which then influence out decision-making processes. Brands that create an emotional connection to consumers are much stronger than those that don't- it's as simple (and complicated) as that.

Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.

God does not slack his promises because of our sins... or hasten them because of our righteousness and merits. He pays no attention to either.

He who prays must be like a good, industrious barber who has to keep his mind and eyes precisely upon his razor and hair and know whether to cut or trim, lest by too much gabbing or looking about aimlessly, he slashes someone's mouth or nose, or worse, someone's throat.

It may not look like much, not with all these other distractions, but we make things holy by the kind of attention we give them.

It had a woman's feel for colour and space. Men tended to put things in the first place available and just leave them there. Women thought a room out, knew how a room would look at its best. Women, Kate had observed, took time with details. Small details that could make a room like this.

Today's real competition doesn't come from other companies but from the extreme clutter of the marketplace.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.

Kids absorbed more than most parents realized.

The last time I was inside a woman was when I went to the Statue of Liberty.