Quotes About Distraction

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

Understand the difference between being at work and working.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.

Being busy does not always mean real work.

Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

Work on a computer that is disconnected from the ­internet.

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.

Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.

The best thing you can do is just keep busy, keep working hard, so you're not dwelling on it all the time. Work is the best antidote for sorrow.

Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more.

I cannot work and listen to Wagner at the same time, nor Mahler, nor Beethoven's late quartets. I enjoy listening to Chopin's piano music when I work.

I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree And a butterfly flitted across the field And all the leaves were calling me.

My work is a mitzvah for the eyes & ears...and it will help you forget about your problems by thinking about mine for a change!

I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?

Too busy thinking about my baby and I ain't got time for nothing else.

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.

I've known painters who never did any good work because instead of painting their models they seduced them.

To a writer, an open browser tab is like a glass of whiskey. 1 or 2 can help the work. Too many ensures that nothing gets done.