Quotes About Inattention

Or, put another way, nothing evades our attention as persistently as that which we take for granted. That's

The unpardonable sin, in Campbell's book, was the sin of inadvertence, of not being alert, not quite awake.

When somebody abuses in public, we don't pay attention.

The last thing a fish would ever notice would be water.

watch. They didn't notice Dieter

Two men who dislike each other never notice the third on their backs.

He was staring at the instruments with the air of one who is trying to convert Fahrenheit to centigrade in his head while his house is burning down.

They have been in prison so long that, if the prison door stands open, they would no longer notice!

What do you call the unforgivable error?" "Overlooking the obvious.

D-SAT, police lingo for those who didn't see a thing.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.

It turns out we're very good at not seeing things

Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence.

I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.

nos detiene a veces lo que no nos importa—

It's crazy the things a person can pretend not to notice.

He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business.

I was impressed by the delicate weaving of the numbers. No matter how carefully you unraveled a thread, a single moment of inattention could leave you stranded, with no clue what to do next. In all his years of study, the Professor had managed to glimpse several pieces of the lace. I could only hope that some part of him remembered the exquisite pattern.

You never think about the things you don't think about, the things that are just there, part of the background, part of the routine.

THE END IS NOT NEAR IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED WE JUST DIDN'T CARE

doing an excellent job of ignoring

Llevada por Francisco Rosas, Julia salió del atrio, sin oír

From the side window smoke could be seen rising from the Westing house, but Sydelle Pulaski did not notice.