Quotes About Distraction

Most of us are moving through such an undergrowth of excess that we cannot sense the shape of ourselves any more.

anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.

If only the Geologists would let me alone, I could do very well, but those dreadful Hammers! I hear the clink of them at the end of every cadence of the Bible verses

You actually don't need to go out to the porn sites.

You know the problem with the Senate? It's like being nibbled to death by ducks. There's never a second during the whole darn day that somebody doesn't want to talk to you—and, most of the time, doesn't need to. People want to talk to you, so they can say, 'I was talking to Senator Grant yesterday,' and then they start lying.

He looked terrific. Not that any women would notice: they'd be too busy talking to each other on their fucking cell phones.

Weather stuck her head in and said, "You're not coming to bed?" "Not for a while." She was up late; not working in the morning. "Something came up.

Anyway, I might have just gone on about porn too long.

You're all so busy tending to your own personal tree that you don't look around to see that the forest is on fire.

If there's one thing that distinguishes the human species, it is a pathological need to stay connected. The fact your people will interrupt sex to answer your communicators is a scandal across the entire Common Confederation.

Look," I said. "Something that needs your attention. Over there. Away from here.

Although, honestly, watching authors fistfight is like watching geese play Jeopardy. There's a lot of honking and squawking but no one ever gets to what they're supposed to be doing.

When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.

Arkana bakma, biri aray? kapat?yor olabilir...

Those sons-of-bitches over there ain't buying. Every yard gets 'em. They're lookers. Spend all their time looking. Don't want to buy no cars; take up your time. Don't give a damn for your time.

Staying aloof from what's keeping you away from Him is not works.

My iPhone stays on. All my friends and family know that I hate the phone, so no one calls me on it. I just use it to play Words With Friends and take pictures of cute shoes.

If we're sitting at dinner and there's no conversation going on because everybody's got their head someplace else in their iPhone, that's a family problem that needs to be solved.

We need to focus on our gift and never allow ourselves to be distracted from the execution of our purpose

It can be easy to buy into anything. I would lose focus if I went with that attitude of wanting to be famous.

A friend of mine, Warren Lemming, has this theory: if you're famous, it's as if you've got a golden monkey on your shoulder. When people come up to talk to you, they just see the monkey.

I have a certain avoidance of reality that makes fantasy an ideal choice for me.

I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.

But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration.