Best 2917 quotes in «attention quotes» category

Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader’s attention.

Charisma gets the attention of man and character gets the attention of God.

China will certainly pay more attention to human rights.

Civilization’s shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems.

Clearly the path of mitzvot is a form of meditation. The intention to act impeccably requires complete dedication and unwavering attention. I was also impressed with LUzzato's insistence that mitzvot practice is joyful.

Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention.

C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected.

Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.

Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.

Companies pay too much attention to the cost of doing something. They should worry more about the cost of not doing it.

Compared to their sense of smell, dogs seem to pay a lot less attention to their sense of taste. Apparently they believe that if something fits into their mouths, then it is food, no matter what it tastes like.

Compassion begins with attention.

Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention.

Consciousness is nothing but awareness the composite of all the thing we pay attention to.

Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times.

Conscious attention is a designed function of the brain which scans the environment for any trouble making changes. If you identify yourself with your trouble shooter, then naturally you define yourself as being in a perpetual state of anxiety.

Contemporary nations such as Sweden, Norway, and Finland, where women are half of the national legislatures, have more caring policies, less violence, and more environmentally sustainable policies. These are connections we must pay attention to if we are to build a better future for us all.

Cooking demands attention, patience, and above all, a respect for the gifts of the earth. It is a form of worship, a way of giving thanks.

Creativity is a scavenger hunt. It's your obligation to pay attention to clues, to the thing that gives you that little tweak.

Cultivate visibility because attention is currency.

Criticism should awaken our attention, not inflame our anger. We should listen to, and not flee from, those who contradict us. Truth should be our cause, no matter in what manner it comes to us.

Dating and getting attention from boys was something that came later to me.

Darwin paid particular attention to disconfirming evidence. Objectivity maintenance routines are totally required in life if you're going to be a great thinker.

Cultivating a generous spirit starts with mindfulness. Mindfulness, simply stated, means paying attention to what is actually happening; it's about what is really going on.

Deal with complaints. If you give the complaint your attention, you may be able to please this one person this one time - and position your business to reap the benefits of good customer service.

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

Decrements in attention and concentration, being able to learn more efficiently, that's just not as good. Also, there are motor vehicle accidents, workplace accidents, we see that a lot.

Death is a withdrawal of consciousness. It's like taking attention from here and putting it there.

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream

Demagogues are so easy to identify. They gesture a lot and speak with pulpit rhythms, using words that ring of religious fervour and god-fearing sincerity. Sincerity with nothing behind it takes so much practice. The practice can always be detected. Repetition. Great attempts to keep your attention on words.

Descartes says: I think, and I am every moment I am thinking, because I have this inner awareness of myself. And I always thought there was something fishy about that. I don't think there's any privileged self-knowledge. Most of our attention is to things outside us.

Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enrich every story moment without slowing the action.

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

Developers have the attention spans of slightly moronic woodland creatures.

Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

Dialogue is really aimed at going into the whole thought process and changing the way the thought process occurs collectively. We haven't really paid much attention to thought as a process. We have engaged in thoughts, put we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process. Why does thought require attention? Everything requires attention, really. If we ran machines without paying attention to them, they would break down. Our thought, too, is a process, and it requires attention, otherwise its going to go wrong.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.

Diseases don't respect borders. You know, just at the edge of the American border, that isn't the edge of diseases. We need to be sure that we're looking worldwide. And it is in our security interest, as well as our moral interest, to pay attention to the rest of the world.

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.

Doing something that warrants the attention of the President of the United States is super-cool.

Don't allow the approval and attention of others to destroy you.

Donald Trump is brash and loud and courts a lot of media attention.

Don't be caught up in your outer world. Pay greater attention to your inner world

Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Lonliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best thing you can do it know yourself... know what you want.

Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course.

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

Don't, to gain general and useless attention, sacrifice the attention that you want

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.

Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.