Paying Attention Quotes · Page 9

Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.

— Maureen Dowd

“You're not asking for input. You are asking your admirer's to prove they are paying attention.”

— Chris Cleave

“Life has a funny way of delivering a swift kick to the brain when you're not even paying attention.”

— Jeremy M. Wright

I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health.

— Bell Hooks

The bad things in life open your eyes to the good things you weren't paying attention to before.

— N.M. Facile

“In the real world, goodbyes happened when you weren't paying attention.”

— Clar Ni Chonghaile

“So much of food and good cooking is just that—paying attention to the invisible yet indispensable ingredient of time.”

— Anonymous

I learned a lot in my life by paying attention and listening to how people around me worked.

— Kris Jenner

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

— Rooney Mara

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of…

— Iris DeMent

I think, collectively, we should be paying more attention to what is going on around us in the world among people who…

— Anthony S. Fauci

I was a drinker, so I went through the scotches. Before single malts hit, there were really cheap scotches, because nobody was…

— Lewis Black

When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

“I would have thought you’d pay more attention to your closest competition.” “I would—if you were competition worth paying attention to.”

— Rachel Morgan

“Mindfulness involves three fundamental processes: forming intention, paying attention, and adjusting your attitude (Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006).”

— Patricia A. Jennings

I pride myself in listening. When you have people paying attention to you, your biggest job is to listen what they want.…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

I always have a notebook with me, I eavesdrop; I write down what people say. It's very rare that one of those…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

Legislators could easily be out-voted if people voted in midterm elections. The fact that we don't talk about all this stuff […

— Lizz Winstead

You just ignore it! It's not that you don't care anymore, it's that you stop listening and paying attention to it. Because…

— Donald Faison

The good part about being on one of the most successful Cable TV franchises in the early days was there was less…

— Jill Zarin

I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Hey,” I said, wondering why I was either short on words or babbling when I spoke to him. I touched his hat.…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“Something is conscious of us. It listens as it plays upon the instruments that we are. It takes delight in the cacophony,…

— Dielle Ciesco

Sometimes Holly seemed like she wasn't paying attention, and other times she was gone when I went looking for her. That was…

— Alice Sebold

“Strand sees his main skill as just paying attention to the textures and rhythms of life, being receptive to the multifaceted, constantly…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“How did you convince her to remarry you?” Tomas asked curiously, drawing Radcliffe from his thoughts. Making a face, he admitted, “I…

— Lynsay Sands

“You can have the perfect message, but it may fall on deaf ears when the listener is not prepared or open to…

— Susan C. Young

“You mean I might end up like you one day?" I asked, alarmed at the thought of sounding so serious and stuffy.…

— Darren Shan

I remember the first day I was looking at my hands and I thought about my nails. People wouldn't really be paying…

— Josh Radnor

You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.

— Robin Williams

To begin your commitment to new perceptions, start by paying attention to attack thoughts toward yourself and others.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.

— Alan Shepard

We often miss hearing God's voice simply because we aren't paying attention.

— Rick Warren

Criticism is good, you learn from it each time and you know that people are paying attention.

— Nonito Donaire

The bigger artists are definitely looking and paying attention to the culture and the style of bounce music.

— Big Freedia

Your ad begins as an interruption. Make paying attention to it feel like a reward

— Lee Clow

When mind and action are separate, zen is lost. We keep the two in sync by paying attention.

— Philip Toshio Sudo