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Quotes About Ignoring

I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
~ Yoko Ono
Your mockers will only have your attention only if you give them your attention
~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Life is too short to listen to fools, and too important to ignore the wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
...as I followed his [candidate Obama] obsession with restructuring our entire domestic way of life, it became completely clear to me that our willful ignoring of national-security policy was going to cost us...I was watching what was happening in 2008, and I thought, How can this be?
~ John Robert Bolton
If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't matter how great you were, it'll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
~ Banksy
When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait.
~ Barbara Delinsky
Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists in assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. It is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts.
~ Barbara Tuchman
As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying, 'Hello, lovely day,' and so on.
~ Lynne Truss
I'm sure there are some haters out there, but I just put my blinders on.
~ Lucas Till
I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.
~ Keke Palmer
Don't you think you're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?
~ William Vickrey
So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again.
~ Judith Jamison
I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't.
~ Matthew McConaughey
Unfortunately, denial also means ignoring the possibility of peril.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
But she had wanted it to work so she ignored these things. This is what happens when you go against the grain of truth: you get splinters later on.
~ Augusten Burroughs
NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ
~ Stephen Colbert
Felix ignored her for the entire time she was there, breaking off only to wash his bottom with what seemed like almost insulting enthusiasm.
~ Jojo Moyes
If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.
~ Eric Braeden
What products do customers really want? How will our business grow? Who is our customer? Which customers should we listen to and which should we ignore? These are the questions that need answering as quickly as possible to maximize a startup's chances of success. That is what creates value for a startup.
~ Eric Ries
Unknowingly, we had fallen into a classic startup trap. We had been so successful with our early efforts that we were ignoring the principles behind them.
~ Eric Ries
People who pay attention to what matters most in their lives, and who learn to ignore everything else, assume a freedom that is highly creative as well as potentially dangerous in contemporary society. Having abandoned everything of insignificance, they have nothing to lose. Apart from being faithful to their God, they no longer care what happens to them.
~ Belden C. Lane
If you just warn people, they often simply ignore you. But if you ask them a question, then they have to think about it. And once they start to think about the consequences, they almost always calm down. Unless they're drunk, of course. Or stoned. Or aged between fourteen and twenty-one. Or Glaswegian.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
What happens to a marriage when one partner ignores the other? After a short period of time bitterness begins to enter the heart. Words begin to cut like a sharp knife. Soon the animosity turns to anger, jealousy, and even worse. For many it results in separation, divorce, and hatred. But the rift can so easily be mended.All it takes is a fresh surrender that comes from your very soul.And a renewing of the vow to "love, honor, and cherish.
~ Benny Hinn
I am just reflecting the times. I can't ignore them.
~ Sam Taylor-Johnson