Quotes About Distraction

She couldn't take her eyes off the boxers. Mostly, she had a view of the back, but he turned halfway when he looked over. She commanded herself not to look at the front flap, which, of course, was exactly what she honed in on. He spit and put his mouth under the tap to get some water. All while just wearing underwear. All while she just stared at the crucial spot of the Action Pants.

Before I take you into the beating heart of the story, let's get one thing out of the way. I know from experience that when it comes up later, it will distract you so much that you won't be able to concentrate on anything else I will tell you. My name is Jubilee Dougal. Take a moment and let it sink in.

He was usually her companion in avoiding things, but tonight he was letting her down. His fingers hadn't stopped moving all night.

Fine, he said. Anything is better than what I'm supposed to be doing.

It's David!" Ellie said, throwing up her arms and breaking Stevie's concentration on Hayes and his orbit. "David, David, David!" As David David David came into the yurt

She had a fondness for headphones and screens and ducking away.

When a man drowns himself in work, it's because he's trying to escape from something. You ought to have a hobby.

Now you see, Dr. Stadler, how unfortunate it is if you allow yourself to be disturbed by political matters, which you have always considered unworthy of your attention and knowledge. You see, it is not Mr. Mouch's function to ask permissions.

Why can't I just eat my waffle...

In a...media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank that high on the truth meter...Information [can] become a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation.

Take whatever question they give you, give 'em a quick line to make it seem like you answered it…and then talk about what you want to talk about.

When you watch television, you never see people watching television. We love television because it brings us a world in which television does not exist.

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.

People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.

Parenting is something that happens mostly while you're thinking of something else.

I think maybe it is true that the idle mind is the Devil's workshop.

All that hurry can blur the truth that life is a zero-sum equation. Every minute I save will get used on something else, possibly no more sublime than staring at the newel post trying to remember what I just ran upstairs for.

So if it's not this exact prophet of self-indulgence we're looking to for reassurance, it will be some other liar who's good at distracting us from the truth.

A blown brain will reach for any sideshow to dodge the main event.

And once people are in the position to be able to work at any time from any place, they face decisions every minute of every day about whether or not to be working.

Happy people have the ability to distract themselves and move on, whereas unhappy people get stuck ruminating and make themselves more and more miserable.

Even when lightning flashes inside them... we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, next pain, next breath, the next page. This is how we go on.

Urgent matters are usually visible. They press on us; they insist on action. They're often popular with others. They're usually right in front of us. And often they are pleasant, easy, fun to do. But so often they are unimportant!

Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.