One of the things you learn as president is, as powerful as this office is, you have limited bandwidth. And the time… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I guess I always like being asked questions about influence or inspiration, like, "What are you reading? Who are your heroes? Is… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
God gave us cats so that we would have an example of how we treat Him-mainly that we totally ignore Him as… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence.… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
I suppose actors crave attention of some kind or they have suffered some form of arrested development and are still living in… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. A perfect dwelling place always finds an inhabitant. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
When you're a litigator, you write so much, so many briefs, over and over again, that you're kind of really focused on… — Greg Poehler Copy Share Image
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that… — Nassau William Senior Copy Share Image
So give your complete attention to what you feel, and refrain from mentally labeling it. As you go into the feeling, be… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The true investor... will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work Sesame Street is doing, and I cannot allow it to go on… — Kevin Clash Copy Share Image
So long as the man with ambition is a failure, the world will tell him to let go of his ideal; but… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
I don't believe there's anything cosmic or divine or morally superior about whales and dolphins or sharks or trees, but I do… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
My focus on silence is to be understood as an intrinsic part of the body's search for meaning amongst the noisy assaults… — Radka Donnell Copy Share Image
The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
It seems like when you're in the race, they do everything they can to ignore you, so maybe being out of the… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
It's important to remember there is a 20 year US. occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934. That represents a major transition… — Laurent Dubois Copy Share Image
This is partly a function of approval ratings. People pay attention [to polls] and start saying, 'Lets take a more independent tack.'… — John Thune Copy Share Image
I may not be able to give my kids everything they want but I give them what they need. Love, time, and… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
What kills music in films is when it's done as performance, drawing attention to the fact that someone's in the background playing… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Jill: 'I don't pay attention to politics.' Ben: 'You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.' Jill: 'I don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Open office plans, cell phones, constant notifications: these are all things that fight against sustained attention on a task. For some people… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
When it comes to how much attention something gets or how much attention it draws, I really kind of just try to… — Tyler Hoechlin Copy Share Image
I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
Attention is the cardinal psychological virtue. On it depends perhaps the other cardinal virtues, for there can hardly be faith nor hope… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
The ballot box and the voters and how they pay attention and the decisions they make are really what should define term… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share Image
Nirvana really touched me as a teenager and started making me pay attention to music as a participatory thing that I could… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves. — David Allen Copy Share Image
As a mortal being you are limited, but as a child of God you are unlimited... Focus your attention on God, and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image