Quotes About Distraction

The problem is that nowadays, with so much information flying around, it is almost impossible to remember anything you saw just a week ago, never mind three years ago!

Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.

Curiosity could be a powerful distraction.

To smell mixed with the strong coffee the faint pleasant scent of cedar from the ceiling's wooden beams. To be quiet and still and have all thought be channeled into observing the lives of creatures that stirred only after Sam had gone to sleep. It felt, over time, like not just a distraction but being part of something that as yet required nothing from her.

apartar el enfoque de estas actividades bíblicas y reemplazarlas con intereses secundarios o centrados en el hombre solo puede dar como resultado un cristianismo nominal.

Simplicity and subtlety make for the best con. A distraction should lead the mark's attention upward, either toward the sky or to some better vision of himself. Color signals danger. Try to appear to have as many eyes as possible.

To put it bluntly, if you don't have AD/HD, you do things because they are important. If you have AD/HD, you do things because they are interesting.

The greatest threat to what is best is something persuasively good.

Sticky seat cushions, talkative teens, annoying big screen commercials—it's all worth enduring for those occasional moments of revelation.

Indirect costs from things such as disengagement, being physically present but not feeling well enough to do one's best, and being distracted by stress are typically estimated to be about five times as large as the direct medical costs, an issue I return to toward the end of this chapter.

Freya was never late, while Anna tended to get distracted and show up a few minutes behind schedule no matter how punctual she tries to be.

Media has changed the way we interact with one another and what we spend our time doing. Our social norms have changed. The dangerous part of our social media and technologically saturated world is not its existence but what it distracts us from.

Someone once said, "Think about the things you'd most hate to lose (outside of your family), and you'll identify your idols." These are not only the things we treasure too much but what we've likely lost perspective on. We place this stuff on a pedestal that wasn't built for it. If we're not careful, TV can become this.

In a culture that elevates beauty and style, the Christian community is at genuine risk fordistraction, even deception. What do we truly admire in our leaders? Are we nodifferent from secular population, drawn tocharisma and style above substance and i tegrity? I hope not.

There is a great Hindu story about a lady who wanted to meet the god Krishna. So she went into the forest, closed her eyes, and prayed and meditated on making the god appear and lo and behold, Krishna tapped the lady on the shoulder, she, without opening her eyes, told him to get lost because she was busy meditating on a very important goal. When we get so wrapped up in our heads, we miss out on what's available to us right now in the moment.

It never ceases to amaze me the precious time we spend chasing the squirrels around our brains, playing out our dramas, worrying about unwanted facial hair, seeking adoration, justifying our actions, complaining about slow Internet connections, dissecting the lives of idiots, when we are sitting in the middle of a full-blown miracle that is happening right here, right now.

There's a great Hindu story about a lady who wanted to meet the god Krishna. So she went into the forest, closed her eyes, and prayed and meditated on making the god appear and lo and behold, Krishna came wandering down the forest path toward her. But when Krishna tapped the lady on the shoulder, she, without opening her eyes, told him to get lost because she was busy meditating on a very important goal.

Entrepreneurs are usually really creative people, which is awesome when you have to write an entire album or thirty-five marketing e-mails, but can be a menace when you're starting a business. I guarantee you, the moment you get a great idea for a business and start working on it, you'll get awesome ideas for several others. If you split your attention and try to pursue more than one at once, you're screwed.

We spend the vast majority of our time moving at full speed ahead, both physically and mentally, and we literally bulldoze over the very answers we're seeking because they can't be heard above the din.

I used to tell myself that tabloids were like comic books, not to be taken seriously, just a soap opera for people to follow when they need a distraction. But I really can't tell myself that anymore because the reality is the stalking and objectification I've experienced first-hand, going on decades now, reflects the warped way we calculate a woman's worth.

the Spaniard was looking at her bare legs, he was going to accidently-on-purpose hit him when Snow started misbehaving.

I view game shows as welfare for the hyperactive.

Every war is different, yet each battle is the same. The enemy is only a distraction. The thing you are fighting against, always, is yourself.

Believe that you can make your way. Or don't. Either way, you are right. Every war is different, yet each battle is the same. The enemy is only a distraction. The thing you are fighting against, always, is yourself.