Quotes About Distraction

Llegó a creer que la continua presencia de la Maga lo rescataría de divagaciones excesivas

Johnny seguía mis palabras y mis gestos con una gran atención distraída, como un gato que mira fijo pero se ve que está por completo en otra cosa; que es otra cosa.

Hasta esa noche había sido tan feliz, claro que lo habían visto raro las últimas semanas; no raro, mejor distraído, mirando el aire como si viera cosas.

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

En la calle la gente estaba a otras cosas. Las suyas, las que les importaban. Nada que ver con las mías, que de conocerlas les parecerían una estupidez.

Entonces, todavía, no podía o no quería darme cuenta. Pero, ahora, sé muy bien que todo aquello era una simple forma de ocupar el día en lo que fuera, una manera de mentirle al cielo y a mí mismo para tratar de no pensar, para tratar de no volverme loco antes de tiempo.

She wanted to talk about unimportant matters, to speak to someone who wasn't her child or her spouse.

One hour of work in peace and quiet is worth two hours in the office when other people are there, meetings are happening, and you're distracted.

A woman's touch?! ' he repeated, 'What is he thinking hermano ? Stukeley frowned. ''Captain doesn't know whether it's dinnertime or doomsday, mate. That's the state Lady Losckwood's got him in.We'be tried to talk some sense into him, but it just goes in one ear and out the other. IT's not as if he had much of an attention span to begin with, but since Lady Muck came on to the scene...

It's like, once you've seen Tom Hanks win the Golden Globes, the Oscars, you've seen his wife, what kind of car he drives, when you watch his movies, you can't fully get really lost in them.

The people that one bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses

Two things only the people actually desire bread and circuses.

At least we had work to do, and work fills in the time, and time is the enemy.

Das ist so ziemlich alles außer Geschirrspülen.

I think sometimes people get distracted in interviews.

I try not to get caught up in how our society is so inundated with images, and stay very focused on the work that I'm doing.

For a while, I had a rule of no smartphone in bed, but now I've upgraded to no smartphone in the bedroom. The fact that we need rules shows how much these things have invaded our lives.

I sometimes write in a cafe down the road from my house now because I feel guilty trying to work if I can hear them playing. I invariably end up sat in a corner, depressed, retreating into my own world.

People were asking me all kinds of questions about the business, and I was initially put off. I was like, 'Just invest if you want to invest. Don't bother me.'

The nation certainly would have been better off if President Clinton could have focused on Osama bin Laden without being distracted by the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and its criminal investigation offshoots.

Everything in our lives is encouraging us to turn inward with all the technology that we have available to us.

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

I like to play 'Battleship,' and I also like 'Wordle' on iPhone. These are good things to play while you're on set. 'Words with Friends' is also great.

God love the iPhone. Best time waster of the century.