Attention Quotes - page 19

You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing. (John Elway)
I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility. View quote
John G. Rowland
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson. View quote
John Henrik Clarke
Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention. View quote
Jackson Katz
In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff that should be rewarded, not the people who deliver it or sit on it waiting for someone to show up. View quote
Joichi Ito
Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can't. View quote
Jon Scieszka
Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income. View quote
Jordana Spiro
We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds. View quote
Josh Radnor
At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end, powerful protagonists that audiences can identify with, and a dramatic arc that is able to capture and hold viewers' intellectual and emotional attention. View quote
Julia Bacha
I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention. View quote
Kenny Guinn
When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings. (Kiri Te Kanawa)
Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins. View quote
Keith Henson
Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors. View quote
Keith Henson
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. View quote
Keith Henson
Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success. View quote
Keith Henson
Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery program their family, a long-term source of attention rewards. View quote
Keith Henson
God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me. View quote
Lady Jane Grey
You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place. View quote
Leo Kottke
One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group. View quote
Lesley Garrett
As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly. View quote
Lesley Garrett
When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't. (Lev Yilmaz)
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. View quote
Liberty Hyde Bailey
When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag. View quote
Lara St. John
There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in the reality world. View quote
Lorenzo Lamas
My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on. View quote
Lorna Luft