Quotes About Distraction

That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them off if we're to take in any of them, or to carry through just our ordinary day's work, or really deepen whatever we have to do or say.

When times are tough, people want to escape to somewhere fantastic without having to pay actual escape-to-somewhere-fantastic cash. And offering a couple of hours away from the ordinary is what the movies do best.

Every year, more and more friends, apps, media or news stories want our attention. We need a better way to organize all the kinds of choices we have.

Our society, where we are right now, our minds are junkyards. We watch TV and sit on the computer all day and barely have an original thought.

When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

I don't listen to any music when I train - I do it outdoors, and I'm not a fan of iPods on bikes.

In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldn't turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now.

When you have live music in the background, people are usually talking over it. You don't actually get to listen to live music in your space all the time.

When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.

each switch imposes a direct penalty of a bit more than twenty minutes of lost concentration.

More important than any gimmick you introduce is a change in attitude. People must learn that it's okay sometimes not to answer their phones, and they must learn that their time–not just the quantity but its quality–is important.

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

How much longer?"he asked, trying to be casual. "For ever, if you keep interrupting.

Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen.

He made a conscious decision not to think about it, and accordingly spent the rest of his shift thinking about nothing else.

When coffee became popular in Oxford and the coffee houses selling it began to multiply, the university authorities tried to clamp down, worrying that coffee houses promoted idleness and distracted members of the university from their studies

This is the reason the whole 'keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel, use the hands-free handset' idea is a silly thing," Simons said. "Having your eyes on the road doesn't do any good unless your attention is on the road too.

Personally I don't care to watch a bunch of millionaires throw balls at each other.

You cannot eliminate a thought by fighting it or trying to block it out. Resisting an unwanted thought only entangles you and drives that thought deeper into your mind, making it even more of a distraction.

I am alone all day, I read a little but it gives me a headache. I draw and I paint, as much as I can, so much so that my hand gets tired and when it begins to get dark I wait to see if Jeanne d'Armagnac [one of the cousins] will come and sit by my bed. She comes sometimes and tries to distract me and play with me, and I listen to her speak without daring to look at her, she is so tall and so beautiful! And I am neither tall nor beautiful.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

Distracted by emotion, she was drying her eyes with a slice of bread.

Constance, meanwhile, was slipping a forkful of goopy casserole onto Sticky's plate. It was the third such forkful, and Sticky (who was just as distracted as Reynie) had yet to notice. He just kept glancing down at his plate with concealed dismay, continuing to eat what was in front of him.