Quotes About Distraction

Robinson) Observ? astfel c? aproapele este pentru noi un puternic factor de distragere, nu numai pentru c? ne deranjeaz? tot timpul ÅŸi ne smulge gândului nostru actual, dar ÅŸi pentru c? simpla posibilitate a apariÅ£iei sale arunc? o vag? lumin? asupra unui univers de obiecte situate la periferia atenÅ£iei noastre, in stare insa-n orice clip? s? devin? centrul ei. pag 26

The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense.

Watching television requires less of an effort than reading newspapers and magazines, which is its greatest danger. (Chapter 12)

It's - just Bishop." "You have only one name?" Unless he was a rock star or a chess piece, it was another sign that he was having trouble thinking straight.

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

Hay quien se hunde en la lectura de novelas para distraerse de sí mismo, para olvidar sus penas...

Los vagos son ellos, los que dicen que trabajan y no hacen sino aturdirse y ahogar el pensamiento".

Quase todos os homens vivem inconscientemente no tédio. O tédio é o fundo da vida, foi o tédio que inventou os jogos, as distracções, os romances e o amor.

Only by himself could he feel himself, only by himself he could tell himself 'I am me'. Before others, among the busy and distracted crowd, he didn't feel himself. Almost every man lives subconsciously in boredom. Boredom is the pit of life, it was boredom that invented games, distractions, romances and love.

And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and forget his griefs, or for pastime and amusement.

Entropy is the normal state of consciousness—a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable. To avoid this condition, people are naturally eager to fill their minds with whatever information is readily available, as long as it distracts attention from turning inward and dwelling on negative feelings. This explains why such a huge proportion of time is invested in watching television, despite the fact that it is very rarely enjoyed.

To be distracted against one's will is the surest sign that one is not in control.

Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention.

In the roughly one-third of the day that is free of obligations, in their precious "leisure" time, most people in fact seem to use their minds as little as possible. The largest part of free time—almost half of it for American adults—is spent in front of the television set. The

But symbols can be deceptive: they have a tendency to distract from the reality they are supposed to represent.

The fathers of the Church well understood that infatuation with the pleasures of the flesh could easily drain psychic energy away from other goals.

She counted absent-mindedly on her

Puheesi on kuin kärpäsen surinaa korvissani.

So What Would Satan Do? 1. He would keep us distracted.

A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction.

Time and space is where we chase things we pretend we don't have.

People were sitting together, talking and telling stories face-to-face again, instead of staring at a cell phone screens while texting or chatting with someone else hundreds of miles away while ignoring the ones they were with.

As the car goes its way, some people seek escape from the necks by staring at the progress-meter above the door—the light that hops from one number to the next. A glance is all that is necessary, but some riders follow the progress, floor by floor, trying to guess where it will stop next. A few—probably habitual readers—spend the time reading the city inspection permit above the control panel.

IT'S THE BREAK FROM ROUTINE THAT'S SO REFRESHING