Quotes About Distraction

I was literally in the car every day on my way home from school trying to hurry up and get the homework done so I could just go home and watch the cartoons and not be bothered.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

Whenever I don't have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need to kill. And we cannot call friends or family, as you are called at a moment's notice. So you need to do something which you can dispose of immediately when called for a shot.

When I used to see things in the newspapers, going onto the pitch was the best way to get away from it.

I do need to focus on playing my football and what's happening on the pitch rather than off it... I want to be myself and not think about it.

When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don't want to distract myself from anything.

Airplanes are a good place to concentrate because you get no emails, no phone calls.

I'm on a lot of airplanes. There are definitely times when I just vapor-lock. I'm on the plane, and I have so much to do, I just don't know what to do. It never lasts for very long. It might last for the flight.

A Tamagotchi is a beep encased in a plastic shell. It exists to haunt you with ghostly notifications that signify nothing.

We have to play football, not concentrate on other things.

When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.

I play golf, and I play chess, and sometimes I go to the gym. On the airplane or between acts when I do the performance, I play Candy Crush to forget what happens around me, just to be alone, not thinking... You need to clear your brain.

As a gamer, I can't think of anything more annoying for everyone concerned than playing games in a shared living room.

I'm really into playing games on my phone.

I don't know grammar but I do know that I love playing games on my phone.

I don't pay attention to accolades or any of that stuff because I think it can serve as a distraction, so for me, I just focus on winning games, trying to make the playoffs.

I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

I can't hear anything, John. Please, would you put on your headphones?

When I'm writing, I don't read much crime at all - you don't want to get distracted by other people's plots.

It's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything.

I feel flattered that people like the way I look, but it doesn't help you win points.

In this new world where art is willfully misinterpreted to score points and to distract, simply doing the work of an artist has become a political act.

I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.

I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people.