Paying Attention Quotes

Experiences is just paying attention as time passes.

— Erin McKean

I think in any writing you're paying attention to detail.

— Peter Matthiessen

You can't bluff someone that's not paying attention.

— Joe Mantegna

If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.

— Mumia Abu-Jamal

“To be whole simply requires paying attention to oneself”

— Gary Hopkins

“If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.”

— Peter Prichard

I am listening to u , I am just not paying attention…

— Anwar

If youre not confused, youre not paying attention.

— Tom Peters

“Chances are everything's already been said, but since no one is paying attention you have to start all over again.”

— Joann Sfar

I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention

— Anonymous

The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.

— Kelly McGonigal

Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.

— A. S. Byatt

It's funny how people start paying attention to you when you're silent

— Ritu Ghatourey

Anyone who doesn't think the welfare-industrial complex is trying to increase dependency isn't paying attention.

— Howie Carr

If you're paying attention and you've been a good listener, you learn every day.

— Finneas

For a long time I heard rap without paying attention, but it is still a way of life, even when you're a…

— Young Thug

We've become such a multitasking society that just paying attention to the road doesn't seem to be that important anymore. I have…

— Andie MacDowell

“NONVERSATION—noun: a conversation in which one person isn’t paying attention to what the other person is saying, generally due to lack of…

— Neil Strauss

If anyone sees anything in 'Black Lightning' that seems foreign to them, then they haven't been paying attention. This is a uniquely…

— Salim Akil

“He taught us that everyone has a good story and the more of others you understand, the better your grasp of human…

— Denzel Washington

Accidentally consumed five biscuits when I wasn't paying attention. Those biscuits are wily fellows - they leap in like sugary ninjas

— Charles Dickens

Just because I am paying attention to politics and culture doesn't mean that I should be talking about the health-care bill, talking…

— Andrew Breitbart

You've all seen movies where the music isn't working with the story. And it's either because... the story isn't working itself. Or…

— Michael Giacchino

I pick up energy really easily. Even if I go to the grocery store, and no one is paying attention to me,…

— Rooney Mara

Funny, I'd forgotten that what comes to you when you take a psychedelic is not always a revelation of something new and…

— Ann Shulgin

Ambient awareness is the experience of knowing what's going on in the lives of other people - what they're thinking about, what…

— Clive Thompson

“See, Mr. Nak'll be talking about how anger comes creeping up, hoping you're not paying attention so it can trick you into…

— Chris Crutcher

Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to…

— Robert Fulghum

We are starting to see what may be signs of continuing [Russian] influence in our country. Not just during the campaign but…

— Rachel Maddow

“One simple glance can convey to your recipient that you are . . . • Present • Interested • Paying attention •…

— Susan C. Young

You can lose a reader in a blink of an eye. If a person is an engineer or chemist or an anthropologist…

— Robert Caro

I think women in Iran are very resilient and I am very proud of all the Iranian women that are standing up…

— Anousheh Ansari

“Austen's works have endured because she had a superb narrative technique and a gift for creating characters who feel as real as…

— Syrie James

“Van Houten, I’m a good person but a shitty writer. You’re a shitty person but a good writer. We’d make a good…

— John Green

“Stir fry!” Rhys proclaimed. “Really?” Finn leaned over his shoulder and peered down at the ingredients in the pan. Rhys moved to…

— Amanda Hocking

Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follow the jumps: Continued on page…

— SangFroid Stalker

“This is a work of fiction, which, contrary to what any reader paying attention to recent events might assume, I began writing…

— Joy Jordan-Lake

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

“Every Sunday, the Weavers drove their Oldsmobile east toward Waterloo and pulled into the gravel parking lot of the Cedarloo Baptist Church,…

— Jess Walter

“We’re so used to just glancing at the environment through the eyes of the past that we’re frequently not certain if we…

— H.E. Davey