Best 2917 quotes in «attention quotes» category

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

And then you'd turn to me and smile that funny smile, and I know you'd forgotten all about me and just remembered -- but I was never mad at you. Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else's.

And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great rhythms, spoke in great words because the tales were great, and the listeners became great through them.

And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed... I don't have daily newspapers, and I like to feel when I get up in the morning my attention is fixed on the work I am going to do.

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.

And you, Prince Elric? She attracted the albino's wandering attention. Do you know his story? Elric shook his head. I only know, he said, that he is a shape-changer and, that most cursed of souls, a person of rare goodness and sanity. Imagine such torment as is his!

And yet, in a superficial sense, it is true that the camera does not "lie": given a chance, it will faithfully render everything within the field of view of the lens and show it precisely as it is.

An entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods. . . .

An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures with attention.

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness than the health of the body, although both are deserving of much more attention than either of them receive.

An icon means nothing to me. I don't understand what it means to anybody actually. It seems like a word of convenience. It seems to attend to the huge success of certain kinds of movies that I did, but there's no personal utility in being an icon. I don't know what an icon does, except stand in a corner quietly accepting everyone's attention. I like to work, so there's no utility in being an icon.

An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience.

An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.

Anonymity was nothing more than me wanting to make it about the music and not necessarily the image. Of course, you realize later that by going anonymous, there is an image, and it's mysterious. So that kind of backfired. But it also worked to my advantage, since it certainly got people's attention.

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.

Any cell, tissue, or organ is capable of crying for attention, and when you give it some, the healing process begins.

Anybody who makes an outlandish salary obviously attracts attention.

Any given moment contains unlimited futures that can become real. The reality that occurs is the one you pay attention to.

Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access to the incorruptible eons of the gods.

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist it: levelling, and imitation of what others are already doing.

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

Anyone who doesn't think the welfare-industrial complex is trying to increase dependency isn't paying attention.

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

Anytime you get an audience that's paying attention, you enjoy it more.

Anything which draws attention to me because I am so attractive.

Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention.

Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.

Anything that has to deal with our mortality is always going to be interesting to us. Life and death is always going to be something that draws our attention.

Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system.

Any wrong decision you have ever made will become unimportant when your attention has shifted from it to a creative reason for living right here and now.

A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.

A painter is always overjoyed when anybody pays any attention to him at all, puts him in any category, calls him anything - as long as they call him something.

A paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention.

A person who doesn't dress well, who doesn't spend time and attention with their physical being, has a very loose being.

A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature of the audience response - not necessarily to learn anything about his craft, but as often as not merely to find out about the temper of the time, what is being tolerated, what is being permitted.

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

Appearing to pay attention when someone is speaking is one of the cornerstones of real social interaction.

A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge of medicine, know the opinions of the jurists, and be acquainted with astronomy and the theory of the heavens

A relationship needs constant attention. It’s a living thing, not just a habit. You’ve got to keep on top of it.

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

Are you okay?" she whispers, giggling. Me? Oh sure. You might have to carry me out of here, though." What happened?" I created a distraction." I gathered that." Step stool, encyclopedias, floor." I see. Well, I can't thank you enough." Sure you can. Help me flunk enough tests, so I drop out of the 'torian range." Can't you just tell Abernethy that you have a reputation as a dumbshit to keep up, and you don't want the attention?" Flunking is more fun.

Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.

A recurring dream probably merits close attention. Something wants you to pay attention.

Are your thoughts worthy of you? If not - now is the time to change them. You can begin right were you are right now. Nothing matters but this moment and what you are focusing your attention on.

Art is always the replacement of indifference by attention.

Art is born in attention.

Art is the attention we pay to the wholeness of the world.