The great secret is a controlled imagination and a well-sustained attention, firmly and repeatedly focused on the object to be accomplished. — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
What we want is scientists who don't become part of the policy discussion: All they do is produce science. If someone becomes… — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention. — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
“It is essential, then, to keep one's attention focused on the present; to guard against any complacency creeping in on account of… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that in order to create the universal, you must… — Lorraine Hansberry Copy Share Image
Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
Mainiacs away from Maine are truly displaced persons, only half alive, only half aware of their immediate surroundings. Their inner attention is… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
I mean its a weekly occurrence that somebody will complain that Top Gear was on last night - and you just sit… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
Buddha's Wife tells a fascinating story, little known in the west, about the woman whom Buddha left behind. Gabriel Constans focuses the… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
But I think the goal of all these attacks is the same, which is to seize maximum media attention. Maybe some of… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
When I hear about something that's hot, I back away from it. So I go and discover the stuff I wasn't paying… — Colin Munroe Copy Share Image
All of the spiritualities that are now clamoring for attention, from explicit Satanism to what we hear on Oprah, are concerned with… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument and without the constant attention of highly qualified… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
How do we accomplish this matter of gathering life together in God? We must begin primarily by refocusing our attention keeping our… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
We should never have to do whatever Messi says. I did not pay attention to him, not even in the national team.… — Gerardo Martino Copy Share Image
Those who see what's obvious aren't necessarily brighter than others. They're just more likely to observe that the emperor is naked. Like… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a… — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
We're all born listeners. And as a result of our modern lives, and living in a world that has less meaning than… — Gordon Hempton Copy Share Image
People don't necessarily take power from you for themselves. It just means they are operating at a lower attention level and you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I stand behind what I say. If I don't want it to be out there then I won't say it. I am… — Michelle Visage Copy Share Image
I think a more complex idea of fiction - and the human self's relationship with the world - emerges when we abandon… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Once, she'd been a pro at decompressing, loved to sit on the back deck of the beach house in one of our… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When I published 'Detransition, Baby,' there weren't that many trans books out. One of the reasons I think it got as much… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The American people want to pay attention to serious ideas again. Our founding was built by people who were political philosophers, and… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
Teaching's hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Creative expression is not just a means of getting attention, although some have approached art that way. Think of art as a… — Nita Leland Copy Share Image
Peace in its real sense can never be achieved by military measures or technical fixes... It is high time for us to… — Hans-Peter Durr Copy Share Image
When you're in high school, and you're trying to get the attention of a guy you like, sometimes you don't always make… — Natalia Dyer Copy Share Image
Life is a series of moments. The quality of attention and action that we bring to each moment determines the quality of… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
I'm tryna put out the right stuff and just do me and not pay attention to who's hating and who's loving me… — SonReal Copy Share Image
I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics. I am… — H. D. Deve Gowda Copy Share Image
I am always trying to do something new and different. The first step is curiosity, questions. You pay attention to what fascinates… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
Sometimes you walk into things, that, if you were paying attention, vibrationally, you would know right from the beginning that it wasn't… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
I have a long attention span, and I am also a good scientist, and there are a lot of problems that remain… — Sandra Lerner Copy Share Image
