Attention Quotes - page 22

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work. (Russell Banks)
I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something. View quote
Randy Harrison
My height doesn't define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature - and I try to bring that on a daily basis. View quote
Russell Wilson
It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day. View quote
Ryan Lochte
Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready. View quote
Shannon Lucid
Those old adages - you attract more with honey; do unto others - are true. You can get attention by being acerbic or mean or making a bizarre comment. But by being nice, being empathetic, building relationships and listening, people begin to recognize that you're thoughtful and respectful of their position. View quote
Shelley Moore Capito
Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup. View quote
Sherry Turkle
Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance. View quote
Spencer Abraham
When I was in the California legislature in the '80s, the organic growers, who were sort of the small hippie farmers in those days, brought it to my attention that there were no regulations on organic labeling. In essence, anybody could just grow a thing any way they wanted and put 'organic' on it. View quote
Sam Farr
When people are nasty, it gets everybody's attention, and it gives them a name. View quote
Steve Guttenberg
I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right. (Suzy Bogguss)
People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people. View quote
Sydney Schanberg
While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term. View quote
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life. View quote
Samuel Alexander
In the industry, I got a lot of attention for Mad Men, because everyone in the industry watches it. View quote
Sarah Drew
In no way do I want to draw attention to myself. View quote
Scoot McNairy
And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well. View quote
Scott Hamilton
I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We don't talk about planes flying; we talk about them crashing. View quote
Tibor Kalman
The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that's fine. View quote
Tina Yothers
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. View quote
Tom Allen
A fellow with the inventiveness of Albert Einstein but with the attention span of Daffy Duck. (Tom Shales)
I began to pay attention to Scripture and meet people who walked the walk, and little by little, I guess you could call me a born again Christian. 1978 is when I found my walk with the Lord. View quote
Tony Orlando
Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me. View quote
Tatum O'Neal
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. View quote
Taylor Hackford
I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special. View quote
Ted Allen