Attention Quotes · Page 117

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing…

— Susan Wiggs

A hospital emergency room is a place where you can receive medical attention just as fast as you can prove your ability…

— Vikrant Parsai

I think that people should be paying a lot more attention to other issues, rather than who's the top 10 this or...…

— Robert Redford

I think at one point, a whole new younger generation of critics come in and they're really aware of zeitgeist in their…

— Michael C. McMillen

We have no control over outcomes, but we can control the process. Of course, outcomes matter, but by focusing our attention on…

— Michael Mauboussin

Let a man begin in earnest with "I ought," and he will end, by God's grace, if he persevere, with "I will."…

— Frederick William Robertson

The education of youth should be watched with the most scrupulous attention. [I]t is much easier to introduce and establish an effectual…

— Noah Webster

Hulga the whole while hollering like a half-slaughtered hog. (Attention, students of literature! Alliteration - have you noticed? - is my least…

— Truman Capote

Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.

— Ovid

“In reading The History of Nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities, their seasons of excitement…

— Charles MacKay

From a very young age, I had this idea that if you are very successful in your career, and you're giving all…

— Liv Tyler

People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I don't care what your politics are, but I do suggest you pay attention to the next election and go out and…

— Andrew McMahon

If we're thinking about old civilizations, those that formed a long time ago and there were stars and planets around long before…

— Paul Davies

We are so anxious to achieve some particular end that we never pay attention to the psycho-physical means whereby that end is…

— Aldous Huxley

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things…

— Edward de Bono

The spirit and the body carry different loads and require different attentions. Too often we put the saddlebags on Jesus and let…

— Rumi

If you want to know what Jesus meant by what Jesus said, pay attention to that Jesus did.

— Andy Stanley

Whenever you find tears in your eyes, especially unexpected tears, it is well to pay the closest attention.

— Frederick Buechner

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

Charisma gets the attention of man and character gets the attention of God.

— Rich Wilkerson Jr

There is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to…

— Joel Osteen

The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart, prove it to myself,…

— George Carlin

I've never felt that I was doing something for my people, except what I could to bring the accomplishments of the old…

— Bill Reid

One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public…

— J. Reuben Clark

Pay attention to the inner voice that tells you when something feels right. Much of your creative problem-solving occurs at an unconscious…

— Nita Leland

“The mind is a drama queen that gets too embarrassed to continue acting up, after only a few seconds of getting our…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.

— Linda Ronstadt

There's no such thing as a folk writer. There's no such thing as somebody who's never read a book before suddenly sitting…

— David Sedaris

There's a secret government out here. It's been functioning since the beginning of time, and their whole job is population control. A…

— Prodigy

Our Lord might be described as the great Physician, Healer, Engineer, Chief Scout, Foreman, Builder, or the like - all showing his…

— Bruce R. McConkie

I never knew any man cured of inattention.

— Jonathan Swift

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is…

— Ellen Pompeo

From 13/14 I was always hanging about with older boys. Boys in school used to call me names. But outside older boys…

— Angela Rayner

I pay attention as much as I can. I try to surround myself with other women with magical powers and a lot…

— Wendy C. Ortiz

A lot of television tends to assume that audiences don't have the attention span or the IQ to follow a lot of…

— J. Michael Straczynski

Attention is important, because whatever you pay attention to grows.

— Senoraroy

You can pay attention to the fact, in which case you'll probably become a mathematician, or you can ignore it, in which…

— Len Evans

I don't pay attention to which foot I'm developing. I just train normally and use both feet. I'd say I'm right-footed.

— Santi Cazorla

I try to make the writing as regular and regimented as possible. I usually get up at around 5 a.m. and read…

— Christopher Paul Curtis