Life is brutal that way ... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
I'm not the distraction in the room.' 'Oh? And what might be?' -Nora & Patch (PG 242) — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“We are addicted to attention, but when it comes to paying attention, we are not accessible.” — Alin Sav Copy Share Image
I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
What is sickness? What is health? Both are distractions. Put them both aside and go forward. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“providing the element of slight distraction to keep the mind from wandering. Each” — John Charles Pollock Copy Share Image
Our lives are full of distractions, and that's life. The sounds of the street, the thoughts in our minds, family on-goings, tasks… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the national Democrats believe that, you know, Iraq is a distraction and not part of the War… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“My true loves were and still are books and writing stories and daydreaming. Sports were merely a distraction keeping me from what… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Mentally it can be exhausting when you are not physically involved, because you still have to stay completely focused. — Victor Valdes Copy Share Image
He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in… — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
Mentally prepare ourselves for excellence...block out the noise of everyday distractions and tap into the quietness of meaningful focus, intent and a… — Robert Cheeke Copy Share Image
They were perfectly suited. They would speak of books the livelong day and night and bore everyone else but themselves to distraction. — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
If one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It is to our lack of proper content ("notre manque de contenu propre:;», Fr.), of our inner emptiness that we need occupations… — African Spir Copy Share Image
I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I was a captive and a slave. I loved Dora Spenlow to distraction! She was more than human to me. She was… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
When I put a bicycle wheel on a stool, the fork down, there was no idea of a 'ready-made' or anything else.… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my… — Kris Humphries Copy Share Image
When you don't have a support system, and you're constantly being bullied for who you are, and you begin to not accept… — Carmen Carrera Copy Share Image
I took to it very quickly. I'm very imaginative anyway, and it just set off that part of my brain. It made… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Pardon me also, and deal mercifully with me, as often as I think of anything besides You in prayer. For I confess… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
It's important, therefore, to know who the real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Men have always been a prey to distractions, which arethe original sins of the mind; but never before today has an attempt… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“The pace of this modern age is not conducive to maintaining one’s consciousness. Glued to our electronics, we are blind and deaf… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
Are you okay?" she whispers, giggling. Me? Oh sure. You might have to carry me out of here, though." What happened?" I… — Lisa McMann Copy Share Image
After announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Last winter I made the decision to coach for only… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
Maybe kindness is not a distraction from or orthogonal to change. Maybe it is a pathway to it. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved with distractions. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“Another distraction that deviates people from their God given purpose and calling is the distraction of job and formal education.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; And all else is tow'ring phrenzy and distraction. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of… — Giorgio de Chirico Copy Share Image
I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
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