Quotes About Distraction

Not only has the eyes taken over, but we have anaesthetised the ears through all the muzak that we hear all the time.

The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.

WWW? Nice toy, but what a waste of time.

Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.

Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to talk and meet with people.

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

Human beings are amazing at finding ways to waste their own time.

More free time means more time to waste. The worker who used to have only a little time in which to get drunk and beat his wife now has time to get drunk, beat his wife - and watch TV.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?

There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

Jason: I'm all for hobbies, but you think this is the time for origami? Whatcha making, a crane?

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name

What do you imagine the American people would think of me if I wasted my time going to the ball game?

That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that.

et, de plus, cela vous brouille les idées

When the Irish novelist John McGahern was a child, his sisters unlaced and removed one of his shoes while he was reading. He did not stir. They placed a straw hat on his head. No response. Only when they took away the wooden chair on which he was sitting did he, as he puts it, 'wake out of the book'.

As Hemingway wrote to Fitzgerald, describing the act of letter-writing: "Such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something

It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.

when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born—and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.

My mind kept thinking its harsh thinky thoughts, but I would distract myself from them gently and say, 'Those are not the truth, those are not trustworthy, those are for entertainment purposes only.' Eventually I had quieter thoughts.

When KFKD is playing, we are at cross purposes with the river. So we need to sit there, and breathe, calm ourselves down, push back our sleeves, and begin again.