Quotes About Awareness

This is the reason the whole 'keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel, use the hands-free handset' idea is a silly thing," Simons said. "Having your eyes on the road doesn't do any good unless your attention is on the road too.

How you feel about something, she said, is there before you detect the stimulus;

The psychologist Robert Zajonc argued that the way we feel about something, rather than coming on the heels of cognition—that is, "before I can like something, I must have some knowledge about it"—actually accompanies and may even precede it.

John Stilgoe, Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places (New York: Walker and Co., 1998), 94.

Knowing where to look—and remembering what you have seen—is a hallmark of experience and expertise.

Take the most notes on the first day. That's when you see the most.

Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve.

If you think of what food is, it's the energy we use to do our daily work. I want people to know about the USDA. This is a very important department. It's not fully appreciated as such.

Reality is for people who can't face drugs.

You thought you were being sold a television, but it turns out that television is selling you.

Be sure to look out for number One while not stepping in number Two.

Do you think that Jesus looked both ways before crossing?

Don't forget to take life one day at a time because if you miss a day or two it's called being in a coma.

Just because you saw one piece of the puzzle doesn't mean you see the whole picture.

Just remember that the masses are asses and you'll be just fine.

Never Drink and Drive . . . you might spill.

People who live in Stone Houses shouldn't throw Glass.

Reality is based on interpretation.

Someone, somewhere right now is thinking about You!

We only fear what we don't know, if we knew everything we would have no fear.

What you do with your hands you mess up with your feet.

You have the right answer . . . the question is wrong.

Richard Okay... seatbelts. Just put the little thing into the big thing and... I tell ya what. If you don't know how to fasten your seatbelt, just raise your hand and I'll have Tommy Boy here come back there and hit you in the head with a tack hammer because you're a RETARD

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.