The distraction, particularly of technology, impedes the innovative process. And when you add to that the distraction of working with colleagues who… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
They say you don't get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don't deal well with emptiness.… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it.… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“I needed a distraction. A drink, a good tumble, anything—even this sure-to-be- trouble punk show.” — Alexandra Martin Copy Share Image
I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and… — Glen Hansard Copy Share Image
Clearly, I regret the email was quoted incorrectly and I regret that it's become a distraction from the story, which still entirely… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
Who can know her, and himself, and entertain much hope? Who can see and know such a creature, and not love her… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Creating a distraction is a skill we should all have. Never take for granted your ability to spot something interesting out of… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
The people who live the life of their dreams know that it's not about how much money they have, but how much… — Mastin Kipp Copy Share Image
The wilderness is a place of rest - not in the sense of being motionless, for the lure, after all, is to… — David Douglas Copy Share Image
“Closing one’s eyes when praying doesn’t increase the odds of the prayer being answered. It merely decreases the odds of being distracted.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I could have become a distraction, pointed fingers, complained, or I could have just worked hard and been prepared, knowing I'm one… — Matt Leinart Copy Share Image
The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can't be used. The result: GM… — Edward Whitacre, Jr Copy Share Image
Art is a high calling - fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance… — David Bayles 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
I have been writing. Even when I intend not to write, I find myself writing. I'm currently in a place where I… — Ada Limon Copy Share Image
Even the rich aren't often happy. Their wealth is at best only a temporary distraction. It doesn't make them immune to emotional… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
