Quotes About Distraction

Right now, the machine keeps us totally busy. If you don't react against it, you'll end up letting yourself go and become the perfect consumer. That's what they want.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Mi se pare ca aud rapaitul ploii pe c??tile deformate. Rapaitul metalic pe care-l auzi toat? ziua trebuie sa te înnebuneasc?, sa te împiedice sa gânde?ti, e ca o muzica ce interzice orice cugetare. Ca ?i cum o femeie cu unghii lungi ar bate darabana în ceva la infinit.

That is very true," replied Elizabeth, "and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. I dare say I would've cut his throat had not the unmentionables distracted me from doing so.

In most homes, the number one habit of distraction is television. As I've said, watching television is designed by its producers to be a habit, and most television viewing, as far as your brain is concerned, is mindless, not mindful.

If the devil can't steal your soul, he'll just keep you busy doing meaningless church work.

It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.

An older charismatic woman told me, "If the devil can't steal your soul, he'll just keep you busy doing meaningless church work." There

Onze boosaardige aartsvijand had de concentratieboog van een peuter die hyper was van de suiker.

Each time, Jane's heart banged, her skin chilled, and she clamped down on the distracting ache in her gut with a bowl of something naughty, like Cocoa Pebbles.

Sometimes when you are trying not to think about something it keeps popping back in your head you can't help it you think about it and think about it and think about it until your brain feels like a squashed pea.

The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even know I wanted. Neatly placed and waiting for me. I love that place.

Thank you, no," Zoe said, speaking with an effort. "If I have something to occupy my hands, perhaps my heart won't hurt quite so much.

Bonnenburger stopped listening, and went back to his book.

You haven't touched me, and I'm already unfocused.:

distraction." He wiped his mouth with his starched

While the two females snarled viciously at each other, Ric grabbed a stick from the ground and waved it between Jess and Blayne. "Look! Look! A stick! Who wants it? Who wants it? Go get it!" He threw the stick and Jess and Blayne watched it flip across the forest floor. Once it landed, they looked back at Ric. "Dude," Jess told him, "that was just rude.

I get really into shows, but then I have my brain shut off time.

Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time that I wonder if we've lost the ability to daydream.

I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

I'm absolutely convinced that people cannot look and read at the same time. Not any more than you can kneel and jump at the same time. It's a completely different physiological setting.

It does demand a certain space in order to read it and I think that space is somewhat threatened by the lack of attention that people have and the amount of time that they give to things.

Technology sounds quick and easy, but it ends up taking up too much of your time.

I try to read, but my attention span is so bad, and ever since Netflix was invented, that's all I do in my spare time, which is really bad, but it's like a chore to read for me.