I'm astounded whenever I finish something. Astounded and distressed. My perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing: it should inhibit me from… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Incidentally, it's best not to argue with the nursing staff. I find the best course of action is to throw some chocolates… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Keeping a slow hunch alive poses challenges on multiple scales. For starters, you have to preserve the hunch in your own memory,… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Most people are so distracted by their thoughts, so identified with the voices in their heads, they no longer feel the aliveness… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We've been criticizing these superficial aspects, like whether we are all more distracted. We really need to articulate a defense, a critique,… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Developing the capacity for clear light dreams is similar to developing the capacity of abiding in the non-dual presence of rigpa during… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to do just… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Do you ever wonder why often you can't have the things you want most? Perhaps if you got them in this life,… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Aren't you hungry?" he asked, distracted. "No." I didn't feel like mentioning that my stomach was already full - of butterflies. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
It's not supposed to make you distracted from your life, it's supposed to make you challenge the ongoing distraction with focused intention.… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Tell you what, you let me go, and I’ll ask you plenty of questions about your race. Until then, I’m slightly distracted… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that my dad was grappling with towards the end was how that shift had happened… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
When I take my last breath, will there be a wish that I had more stuff? I'll wish for only one thing,… — Colin Beavan Copy Share Image
I've not been distracted by a long-running TV show or visits to America for pilot season. — Elliot Cowan Copy Share Image
Theatre is relatively easy if you're British - you're living in the theatre capital of the world, London - there are so… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The routines of almost all famous writers, from Charles Darwin to John Grisham, similarly emphasise specific starting times, or number of hours… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
There are a lot of celebrities that I think can get a little bit distracted by the way that our society views… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
