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Attention Quotes - Page 10

Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to [money management]; for. ... want of attention to pecuniary matters ... has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.

William Cobbett (2012). “Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.”, p.62, tredition

If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.

Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty (2013). “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, p.70, Penguin

Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.117, Psychology Press

Learning lines is hard for me because I have the attention span of a six year old. That's why being on planes all the time is so useful - I'm forced to learn out of boredom.

"Eddie Redmayne profile: Quotes, photos, videos and selected filmography of BAFTA and Oscar nominee" by Natalie Corner, www.mirror.co.uk. February 21, 2015.