Attention Quotes - Page 54

If you lose yourself, then no one's going to respect or pay attention to anything you have.

I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.

If you're not pissed off with the World, you're just not paying attention.

My attention determines the depth and quality of my experience.

The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart.

Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

Poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths.

She felt detached from her family, and thought it strange how they had lavished so much attention on her, as a child, and then at some appointed, prearranged time they seemed to stop the flow of affection and being the expectations - as if, for a brief phrase, you were expected to absorb love (and get enough), and then, for a much longer and more serious phase, you were expected to fulfill certain obligations.

Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention and into maintenance. Methadone was cheaper than social workers, I suppose.

There is also an old proverb, that they who pay much attention to the body generally neglect the soul.

... placing economic activity in the context of the whole earth requires attention to the question of scale. Bigger is obviously not better, so the optimum scale of human economy in relation to the total economy becomes basically a question of sustainability. When the effects of the economy on the environment undercut the possibility of its own continuance, the scale is too large.

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.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

They don't really pay attention to me, except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn't even be alive, if it wasn't for Kate being sick.

To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.

Look at the attention the Godfather's getting! Kick my leg, J.R.; kick me in the leg!

Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place.

The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

I have the best fans. I know every artist says that but I really do. I love my fans for how much they know about me, how much they learn about me, and how much they really pay attention.

If you really pay attention to me, I'm not the most serious person.

I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing.

By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality.

The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.

Sometimes, when you're not getting a whole lot of attention, you're actually walking the right path.

Only a deep attention to the whole of our life can bring us the capacity to love well and live freely.