There is another side [to ego] that can wreck a team or an organization. That is being distracted by your own importance.… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success. — Tony Levin Copy Share Image
People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterward repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom… — Rumi Copy Share Image
If these distracted times prove anything, they prove that the greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions.… — John Cudahy Copy Share Image
“Who cares? My balls are wet! The city is going to shit and you guys are yapping about this crap, as if… — Jason Medina Copy Share Image
As long as people are marginalized and distracted [they] have no way to organize or articulate their sentiments, or even know that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes you really dig a girl, the moment you kiss her, And then you get distracted by her older sister. — John Sebastian Copy Share Image
I dont get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls,… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
It's been reinforced to me, and it's a little cliche, but I've learned that you can't make a movie that even works,… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Can't you just thank me and get over it?" "Thank you." I waited, fuming and expectant. "You're not going to let it… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I'm not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is… — Paloma Faith Copy Share Image
I think Leonardo da Vinci teaches us the value of both being focused on things that fascinate us but also, at times,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
If you can cultivate wholesome mental states prior to sleep and allow them to continue right into sleep without getting distracted, then… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think, on both sides of the camera or the novel: Distraction. I'm obsessed with: Can I get this actress or my… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
I was at the beginning stages of my pregnancy, and it never really feels real anyway, until you actually start showing and… — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
Thanks to the internet, I buy lots of music, but thanks to my easily distracted nature, I forget about half of it! — Al Murray Copy Share Image
People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what… — David Allen Copy Share Image
One arrives at a recognition that one needs to be distracted. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
There are two extremes to avoid: being completely absorbed in your pain and being distracted by so many things that you stay… — Henri Copy Share Image
Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Coming down off the trail, I am lost in my own thoughts and unprepared when a bear chugs across the path just… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image