Best 268 quotes in «distraction quotes» category

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end up in the smallest compartment possible, because it's a distraction to everybody, and you end up not getting to enjoy it like everyone else.

The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction.

The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.

the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.

The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing.

This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction.

This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.

There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction.

True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; And all else is tow'ring phrenzy and distraction.

The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles.

We ought to be talking about our democracy being under assault right now and what we're going to do about it and not what somebody said in July about James Comey. That's a distraction, that's not what's going on.

To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.

What is sickness? What is health? Both are distractions. Put them both aside and go forward.

When we clutter our lives with imagined obligations, unnecessary activities, and distractions that only kill time, we dilute the power of our lives.

Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction.

When distractions are manifold, it's best to remember what you are supposed to be doing.

Words are a distraction to enlightenment. Getting rid of conceptual thinking means enlightenment.

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present.

You don't want your readers seeing easy connections; it becomes a distraction.

We have so many distractions. We're losing the family unit. We're losing the one-on-one. We're becoming extremely narcissistic. And we have to be careful about that. There's a lot to deal with out there.

With all the touring and distractions going on, I would get a sound together but I wouldn't have time to work on it. So I sat on the road with the sketches and saw how they revealed themselves emotionally.

Adoration drives obedience, but throughout history people are prone to forget the faithfulness of God yesterday.

After giving it some thought, I've decided to name my monkey mind Ricky Bobby. I was thinking about Latin names like Javier, but I don't want to make my jumping, distractable self sound mysterious and sexy. Ricky Bobby makes me laugh. A name like that seems silly, not strong. Just a goofy little thing that doesn't know what to do with its hands, likes to go fast, and loves tiny, infant, baby Jesus.

You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one.

A human being can only endure depression up to a certain point; when this point of saturation is reached it becomes necessary for him to discover some element of pleasure, no matter how humble or on how low a level, in his environment if he is to go on living at all. In my case these insignificant birds with their subdued colourings have provided just sufficient distraction to keep me from total despair. Each day I find myself spending longer and longer at the window watching their flights, their quarrels, their mouse-quick flutterings, their miniature feuds and alliances. Curiously enough, it is only when I am standing in front of the window that I feel any sense of security. While I am watching the birds I believe that I am comparatively immune from the assaults of life. The very indifference to humanity of these wild creatures affords me a certain safeguard. Where all else is dangerous, hostile and liable to inflict pain, they alone can do me no injury because, probably, they are not even aware of my existence. The birds are at once my refuge and my relaxation.

Another distraction that deviates people from their God given purpose and calling is the distraction of job and formal education.

Any time we find ourselves relying on the ideas of an absolute, frozen state of right and wrong—or fairness versus unfairness—that we are used to, we can compare the habit to distraction during meditation.

A person who is another man's slave is better than one who is a slave to lust.

Are you going to distract me by playing footsie?" "Absolutely, princess," he says with a wink. "Then I won't remember a thing." "It's a samurai training technique," he teases, spinning the test prep book toward him. "I distract you as much as possible right now." He slides the book into his lap. "And you'll learn how to test through anything.

Are you placed where others are sitting down idly, doing nothing? Rise to the work with all your powers; and when the sweat stands upon your brow, and you are tempted to loiter, cry, "No, I cannot stop, for I am Christ's. If I were not purchased by blood, I might be like Issachar, crouching between two burdens; but I am Christ's, and cannot loiter.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

Before we can influence our culture, our visions must die.

Being self-owned is a state of mind.

Be present to the people in front of you from moment to moment. Electronics and technology have a way of clouding our vision for the people sitting next to us. Uncloud your life, look around. Be present.

You just got to be #patient, be focused, you know there are lots of distractions out there.

... answered his knock with a smile, a short one forced through because she was at heart a warm person, not given to the dark mood swings which now plagued her.

Any journalist who holds the office writes in a straitjacket.

A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight seconds, down from 12 in the year 2000.

By batting a ball back and forth over a net one forgets all one's worries, one even forgets about death.

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

As with almost every long oration, there were loose ends.

Children content with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere.

Closing one’s eyes when praying doesn’t increase the odds of the prayer being answered. It merely decreases the odds of being distracted.

Creating chaos provides excitement for some people, especially those who are uneasy with silence, those who distract themselves from their own problems by focusing outward, those who feel empty inside and need to fill themselves up with activity, and those who were raised in an environment in which harmony and peace were unknown.

Dating without technology would have been so fun back in the day. Having to actually go see someone if you wanted to talk to them, having to ask them out in person, being completely there in the moment without having the distraction of a phone.

Dear solitude, how I missed you in the times I was so attached to the illusion of loneliness, how I secretly longed for you in times of distraction with music and addiction, how I desired to dive into the creativity of your silent whispers.. oh solitude, I remember you there when I wrote my first book, I recall your inspiring voice when that pen hit the paper.. When I was no longer by your side, oh solitude, how you silently tried to draw me back to you, by showing me the continuous struggle to feel full among unfulfilling relationships or restless nights of loneliness.. Oh solitude, if it wasn't for you, where would I find all that you could provide, only you..

Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer.

Desire, if it is to be trusted, is to be inspired by a holy vocabulary.