Quotes About Distraction

In the twenty-first century censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information.

In the twenty-first century censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information. We just don't know what to pay attention to, and often spend our time investigating and debating side issues. In ancient times having power meant having access to data. Today having power means knowing what to ignore.

In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the twenty-first century, censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information.

Your boss wants you to constantly check your emails rather than smell flowers or dream about fairies.

In fact, Harold had never once paid attention to his watch other than to find out the time. And, honestly, it drove his watch crazy.

The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract his mind - that is the reason he is still.

The result of information overload is usually distraction, and it dilutes your focus and takes you off your game.

It is this sexual excess, no doubt, that has caused Jan to neglect his work. Lots of spermatozoa enfeebles a man and thins his blood. - Jacob

his hands got in the way of his art, preventing him from recording sensation as quickly as he experienced it.

Can I do anything for you? Bake you cookies? Walk your dogs? Throw snowballs? Just generally be a distraction?

Se ci lasciamo trascinare dalle forze del mondo fisico, che possono essere più o meno bene intenzionate, finiamo per distrarci e allontanarci dal destino della nostra anima. Cominciamo a desiderare cose che non sono adatte a noi e a formulare intenzioni che non collimano con quelle dell'universo.

does a world without spiritual power force us to seek distraction because underneath, we do not know the answers at all?

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.

When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something else, possibly a woman; and when he had it all -- cash, booze, and a wife -- he couldn't be distracted from the great emptiness that was always falling through him and never hit the ground.

Everything okay?" Jake appeared at her side. "Would you stop sneaking up on me?" she said, unwilling to admit that the insanely loud washing machine may have disguised his entrance. He

Do the right thing. Do your job and forget about everything else—and that means the press. Today's headline wraps tomorrow's garbage.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul.

We watch television and we play music, but mostly we've found ways to amuse ourselves." "Really?" Valkyrie asked. "Like what?" Plight's smile faded. "Like human sacrifice." He grabbed one arm and Lenka grabbed the other and Valkyrie cried out. They both let go, laughing. "Naw," Plight said," we just play board games.

The most dangerous silence is noise; noise keeps us from hearing what we need to hear or from speaking what we need to speak.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.

The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.