I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
My attention span has never been on point - in school as well - unless I'm very, very, very into something. — Ann Makosinski Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who has a lengthy attention span, and that applies to my exercise routine as well. — Jai Courtney Copy Share Image
The first TV babies are now writing with a TV mind that has no attention span at all. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
It kind of renews my faith in humankind that there's long attention spans left out there that can listen to a 12-minute… — Danny Carey Copy Share Image
You and I and everyone else have the attention span of gnats. And that means that saying or doing anything once simply… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
I think people are really desperate for conversations. I'm really fascinated by the idea that at the same time, the internet is… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
There's time limits on how long people's attention spans will work. There's six weeks in each territory that you're really famous, then… — Sia Furler Copy Share Image
People's attentions spans are getting shorter and shorter. I don't want to cater to that necessarily but, just for myself, it feels… — Phil Elvrum Copy Share Image
In my head, I'm a purist that doesn't require anything but a group of good friends and a bottle of wine. In… — Dan Levy Copy Share Image
For me, whether it's in a book or on T.V., a recipe has to be simple. I have a short attention span,… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I know everyone says attention spans are shorter now, and if you can't get them in the first 20 seconds, you lost… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
I can't speak for anyone else, but I've got a really small attention span, so if I knew exactly what was going… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
“But not only didn’t he read, he didn’t listen. He preferred to be the person talking. And he trusted his own expertise—no… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“There is an aversion to long chunks of sentences...The dire problem is that long chunks of sentences are still the best way… — Dick Meyer Copy Share Image
A friend gave me a drug for attention deficit disorder, because he's afflicted, but I'm not. So what happened to me is… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
In a country where people's attention span is short and they are holding the clicker in their hand, and they got a… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: the dumbing down of the audience. To be… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
In '77 there was no Internet, there was no Twitter or Facebook, and I think that, without being some old git who… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
“[At first, Calvin's at school, in his classroom.] CALVIN'S TEACHER: "We'll see what the principal has to say about your attention span,… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“Why is this disengagement epidemic becoming the new norm? A few reasons I have witnessed in speaking with companies across the country… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Books are better than television, the internet, or the computer for educating and maintaining freedom. Books matter because they state ideas and… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Civilization’s shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems. — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Attention spans get very weak at the speed of light, and that goes along with a very weak identity. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter. — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them. — Tawni O'Dell Copy Share Image
I'd have a longer attention span if there weren't so many shiny things. — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
I'm terrible at reading fiction. I don't have the attention span - it's awful. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place. — Maira Kalman Copy Share Image
I'm the sort of person with a very short attention span, and I lose interest in things very quickly. — Finn Balor Copy Share Image
I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span. — Charles Portis Copy Share Image