Maybe kindness is not a distraction from or orthogonal to change. Maybe it is a pathway to it. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“We are addicted to attention, but when it comes to paying attention, we are not accessible.” — Alin Sav Copy Share Image
I'm not the distraction in the room.' 'Oh? And what might be?' -Nora & Patch (PG 242) — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
What is sickness? What is health? Both are distractions. Put them both aside and go forward. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“providing the element of slight distraction to keep the mind from wandering. Each” — John Charles Pollock Copy Share Image
When I've got massive projects to be getting on with, I find myself open to distractions, particularly when deadlines are involved. — Max Tundra Copy Share Image
“it's always on in the background but only takes first chair in our brains when we're not focused on anything in particular.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
I'm not a media personality, I'm an actress. I want to protect that thing: the suspension of disbelief. The rest of it… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
“He craved her distraction, and called the number. She read with melodic enticement, polarizing him.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal. — Larry Dixon Copy Share Image
The human mind is scattered. We have become negligent about our distractions, inertia, confusion, doubt, fear, and anger. — Rajmani Tigunait Copy Share Image
“The result of information overload is usually distraction, and it dilutes your focus and takes you off your game.” — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Simplicity and subtlety make for the best con. A distraction should lead the mark's attention upward, either toward the sky or to… — Jeffrey Ford Copy Share Image
Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like anyone who follows politics, I am sometimes mesmerized by the twisted and relentless drama playing out in Washington. But I also… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
News is important information that may influence your investments. Noise is talk or buzz or some headline that prevents you from seeing… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
Our normal human tendencies are distraction and dissipation. We begin one task, then get seduced by some other option, and lose our… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Mother of mercy,"said Tovar."And that caused the riot?" "It's the other way around,"said Kira sheepishly."We started the riot as a distraction for… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
[T]he regime of diversions, surrogates, and tranquilizers that pass for today's 'distractions' and 'amusements' does not yet allow the modern woman to… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
He walked on without resting. He had a terrible longing for some distraction, but he did not know what to do, what… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Don't be too much concerned about money, because that is the greatest distraction against happiness. And the irony of ironies is that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If one is the kind of creature I am and wants to do the kind of writing I want to do, an… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I worked closely with Steve Peters, the British Cycling team's psychologist, and we came up with a strategy of dealing with the… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
“Distraction: The Productivity Killer Why you are distracted isn’t the issue. The real issue is you are avoiding work that you need… — Liesha Petrovich Copy Share Image
Cool is spent. Cool is empty. Cool is ex post facto. When advertisers and pundits hoard a word, you know it's time… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I take this for myself, and you take up the thread of my life between your teeth, tin thread and tarnished with… — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you're troubled and hurt, you pour yourself into things that can't hurt back.” — Gentleman's Agreement Copy Share Image
I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play. — Danny Aiello Copy Share Image
Life is brutal that way ... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“That’s not procrastination—that’s your brain protecting itself from overload.” — Felecia Etienne Copy Share Image
“Thinking is good for your mind, but too much thinking leads to distraction.” — Ehabib Copy Share Image