Quotes About Distraction

I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.

I really like dumb romantic comedies; that's the way I can turn my brain off and let go.

What we do as comics can be a service to people. It can make them laugh and take their mind off their problems for a few minutes.

These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.

I can write anywhere. But I don't use a computer, and I could never write on a laptop. I hate the sound of computers; it's too dull, like it's not doing anything for you.

Philandering impedes, as everyone knows, the ability to concentrate.

What is the cruelest thing you can do to someone who is trying to concentrate? Call their name.

I've got rid of the ADD, but I do find it hard to concentrate sometimes.

You walk into a restaurant these days, and what you see is everyone with their phone next to them. That is terrible. Instead of concentrating on the relationship, on the needs and activities and interests of the other person, they are constantly looking at their phone.

I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.

I'm not good at concentrating.

When I was younger, I used to think ahead too much, and that would make me lose concentration in the match I was playing.

I never mind when I have to put my phone away at a concert. At all. I find I enjoy it much more, so I like the idea.

Somewhere along the way, things got confused, and the pop-star side of my career got in the way of my musician side.

Get the screens out of your room and surround yourself with books.

The trouble with listening is that so much of what we hear is noise, surrounding us all the time.

We lock ourselves away and we concentrate on what we're doing and try not to think about the madness that's surrounding it, and all the hype.

I try not to pay too much attention to the surroundings when you've got plays to worry about. It doesn't really matter. All we need is the grass and a couple of lines. We'll make it work and execute no matter what. At the end of the day, that's football.

Escapism is survival to me.

The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there's something really big going on.

I'm not a media personality, I'm an actress. I want to protect that thing: the suspension of disbelief. The rest of it is just distraction.

I'm on my computer a lot, but I swear I have an excuse! I spend about nine hours on media a day, but seven or eight of those are doing my schoolwork.

When I try to relax, it's more Swedish rock, softer music, and I go out and do fun stuff. I play guitar, but it doesn't matter really what it is - just something that keeps you away from hockey.

We play a lot of Nintendo games, a lot of Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, a few different card games, really just stuff so we can stay loose and get your mind off of swimming before going into the meet with full focus.